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code for first level
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im dont thing this is very useful...
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Adding info about the two kinds of gates in the "Instruction" field would be super handy. As another commenter mentioned: Red = N silicon. Yellow = P silicon. If you draw Yellow P over Red N, you create a "NPN" gate, which will allow current through the Red N section ONLY IF there is current applied to the Yellow P section. If you draw Red N over Yellow P, you create a "PNP" gate, which will always allow current through the Yellow P section UNLESS current is applied to the Red N section.
As you can see in the tutorial, a PNP gate (red over yellow) acts as a logical NOT operator if you pass VCC through the P and apply an input to the N. Not illustrated is that an NPN gate acts as a logical AND operator if you pass one input through the P and apply another to the N. The simplest OR gate has two NPN gates in parallel, with VCC passed through the N part, and a different input applied to each P. From there, you should be able to work out the others.
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Great concept but a little weak in the engineering accuracy. From the perspective of someone who has done some VLSI design work (simulations in an intro VLSI course) it's kind of confusing to not have it be clear if we are creating BJT or MOSFET devices. The tutorial talks about PNP and NPN and there is no polysilicon layer (as in BJT), but the construction is more like MOSFET. Also the lack of a ground is odd. Instead of having 0s we should have floating and strong 1's. Fixing this would require a ground and either resistors or CMOS. Also using the gate as the collector/emitter of another transistor isn't allowed :(.
Despite all my grumbling though it definitely has lots of potential, and the challenge of not having a metal2 layer makes it a nice puzzle. Kind of like circuit board layout challenges more than VLSI challenges, though.
On a side note it would be nice if the controls were hold shift to delete whatever is selected and P and N doped silicon were separate buttons.
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could someone help me smooth out this Radio decoder design? (design is in two comments)
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HUnpyrO, you only need four cells-_-
BTW you're gonna need that concept for addressable SRAM if you want to legitimately solve it.
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Wow, thank you very much! I will have to figure out how these work, but I'll definitely gain some knowledge from them :) If anyone's interested, I made my solution work with what I call "memory cells". I'll post it in my next comment.
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1:pulsedoubler
2:diode
3:frecvensy shortener/pulse blocker
4:XOR gate
5:counter(if in a chain)
6:delay (two can be made into an osiloscope with some other components, ore an frecvensy shortener)
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HUNpyro, this is the best i got. jou could proubably shrink the "pulsedublers" or shorten the wires if jou want a better score. i made them to be compact, not to use few parts
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Hi! I use my simple logic to solve the problems. I've managed to solve lvl 11 with a score of 492 and I am quite curious how can it be done in less than 100. Can someone post a solution? Or send it to me in a PM. Maybe I can learn something. Thank you in advance!
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If anyone wishes to have the component for a clockpulse, (works for lvl 4 and can be used in future ( I think) ) here is a code:
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GLADos3, it doesn't work because once Y is high the signal passes back through each transistor holding it open and drawing current from any of the inputs. The low inputs do not pull down the voltage, as this example shows.
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Would someone please tell me why this design doesnt work for 3?
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Also I discovered that if you want to isolate it so it doesn't feed back, power it from +VCC. This is setting up an OR, but the way an OR gate can work is by letting power through only in one direction, making it basically a diode. The thing is you don't have to collect the outputs on the other side, you can send them to different places without actually ORing them.
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What the NPN fake diode can do for example is OR inputs to a common wire without having a consolidated OR gate. This is really what an OR gate is to begin with but with fake diodes you can spread it out if you want.
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You can make a sort of diode with an NPN gate by bridging one N input to the P input. It will output to the other side but not evaluate anything coming from that side.
This isn't a proper diode as if something meets the NPN condition, power can go backwards through it, but if that happens then you've already got power on that side anyway.
So it's good for one way inputs but will not stop feedback loops once you've managed to mess it up.
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What i really hate about this tipe of games is how it makes you feel stupid.
"Oh,well i see you've completed the level,goo...wait HOW MUCH CYCLES HAVE YOU SPENT?STUPID!LOOK AT THE RECORD BOARD AND DO IT AGAIN!"
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@ihavenousername That's exactly it. Just make a bunch of NPN gates in a row, with a PNP at the beginning controlled by the output of the NPNs. It'll take a few cycles for current to go through the NPN gates, and eventually shut itself off.
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So I've figured out a few now. But I'm having to read up a lot and learn these techniques from scratch. I've reached an impasse though; does anyone know how to create the power-on reset generator? So far everything I've seen includes resistors, which you don't have in the game. are you supposed to put loads of gates in series and use the lag?
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This really is a game that I completely wrote off the first time I came across it, but after numerous revisits, especially after being consumes by Krispy's other games on Kong, I keep finding myself coming back and understanding a little bit more of how this game works over time. The best thing is that I feel like I'm actually learning about how circuits work despite the fact that I'm not being taught it. This learning by experimentation truly is a rewarding feeling and is one of the reasons this game remains an enigma that I continue to revisit.
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God damnit!
The fact that a destination node conducts through itself rather than simply acting as a receptacle for the binary powered stats is making pulse reactions nearly impossible for me to figure out. I don't want to look at a guide because that would take away the fun, but I am greatly depressed by this.