Received: by 10.216.221.130 with SMTP id r2mr285865wep.10.1317198038294; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:38 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: columbia-gadget-works@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.216.189.210 with SMTP id c60ls2617200wen.0.gmail; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.173.144 with SMTP id v16mr176020wel.1.1317198037514; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.173.144 with SMTP id v16mr176019wel.1.1317198037490; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fr9si983677wbb.3.2011.09.28.01.20.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of dennis...@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.182 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.182; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of dennis...@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.182 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=dennis...@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header...@gmail.com Received: by mail-wy0-f182.google.com with SMTP id 26so8926342wyj.27 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=iVQvSupx7z4lvH4u9Na+do1t3HYXWbIbXp1PVwKwJv8=; b=Aykh3M9y+/Quq2sop1p5D0lH9iZTMy6ptswQg8TDSY9ok92m43bbdCI8/CrfCB7n4t rjqvtcEGHEeu3+W9wIZiSLy1XHYCJtTZTRz4Hw/ftuvUqOOyWa9MEjvH6IvopQp+00Zu iw2Nm28fX93l6LspTbo3LzIxQfTmSnZqEaIWk= Received: by 10.216.187.21 with SMTP id x21mr1804625wem.30.1317198036105; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.160.69 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:20:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Dennis Eldridge Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:20:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RS Latch with bathroom lamps... To: columbia-gadget-works@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f1e3300a7a5804adfc1137 --001485f1e3300a7a5804adfc1137 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 That sounds like a fun board game. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Prozacgod wrote: > I started to envision a clever laser block electronics building kit, like > minecrafts redstone logic, but physical objects, the laser emits when not > triggered by another laser, 5 input (or'd) targets on each block 1 output > laser. would be fun (buildin 10ms or perhaps selectable delay on trigger, so > you could see retriggering glitches with LED's representing the laser output > on the cubes > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Mark Rages wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Prozacgod wrote: >> > I often go into tangents about how simple electronics are and the >> concepts >> > are TINY, but cumulatively make more advanced gizmos (10 core Westmere >> with >> > 2,600,000,000 transistors...) >> > So I showed a friend of mine, here's an inverter, and with just the >> ability >> > to turn off a signal and get a composite signal we can make AND gates >> and >> > NOR gates, and showed how a RS nor latch works, >> > and I went to the bathroom and ran back into his room with his bathroom >> > nightlight lamp and said "THIS WILL WORK!!!" all excitedly - and we >> searched >> > for a second one, and screwed them together in opposite directions >> through a >> > piece of cardboard, and pluged both of them in, then using a flash light >> to >> > "set" or "reset" my memory latch. (in a dimly lit room I should add) >> > ---------------- >> > I got the idea of the lamp because I've been making memory arrays >> minecraft >> > redstone... (I know.. nerdiest of nerdly things to do...) honestly, I'd >> > like to know if there is a good logic simulator for linux or perhaps the >> > browser, I started to write one, but I fail at understanding the >> concepts >> > and logic involved to make logic - all I really want is something that >> is on >> > the scale of just inverters and basic gates, just to play with. >> > Any thoughts? >> > -- >> >> Here's a logic simulator: http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~burch/logisim/ >> >> But I have to wonder how far you could go with those night-lamps. NOT >> and NOR are there, so by DeMorgan's laws you can have AND and OR. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mark >> markrages@gmail >> > > > > -- > -Prozacgod > > "Prozac may heal the mind, but friends can mend the soul" > --001485f1e3300a7a5804adfc1137 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That sounds like a fun board game.

On Wed= , Sep 28, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Prozacgod <prozac...@gmail.com> wrote:
I started to envision a clever laser block electronics building kit, like m= inecrafts redstone logic, but physical objects, the laser emits when not tr= iggered by another laser, 5 input=A0(or'd)=A0targets on each block 1 ou= tput laser. would be fun (buildin 10ms or perhaps selectable delay on trigg= er, so you could see retriggering glitches with LED's representing the = laser output on the cubes


On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Mark R= ages <markra...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Prozacgod <prozac...@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
> I often go into tangents about how simple electronics are and the conc= epts
> are TINY, but cumulatively make more advanced gizmos (10 core Westmere= with
> 2,600,000,000 transistors...)
> So I showed a friend of mine, here's an inverter, and with just th= e ability
> to turn off a signal and get a composite signal we can make AND gates = and
> NOR gates, and showed how a RS nor latch works,
> and I went to the bathroom and ran back into his room with his bathroo= m
> nightlight lamp and said "THIS WILL WORK!!!" all excitedly -= and we searched
> for a second one, and screwed them together in opposite directions thr= ough a
> piece of cardboard, and pluged both of them in, then using a flash lig= ht to
> "set" or "reset" my memory latch. (in a dimly lit = room I should add)
> ----------------
> I got the idea of the lamp because I've been making memory arrays = minecraft
> redstone... (I know.. nerdiest of nerdly things to do...) =A0honestly,= I'd
> like to know if there is a good logic simulator for linux or perhaps t= he
> browser, I started to write one, but I fail at understanding the conce= pts
> and logic involved to make logic - all I really want is something that= is on
> the scale of just inverters and basic gates, just to play with.
> Any thoughts?
> --

Here's a logic simulator: http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~burch/logis= im/

But I have to wonder how far you could go with those night-lamps. =A0NOT and NOR are there, so by DeMorgan's laws you can have AND and OR.

--
Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail



=
--
-Prozacgod

"Prozac may heal the mind, = but friends can mend the soul"

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