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There are two general conceps. The older and inadvisable one is the so called load based mechanical logic. The other one is the so called toggle based mechanical logic. | There are two general conceps. The older and inadvisable one is the so called load based mechanical logic. The other one is the so called toggle based mechanical logic. | ||
=== Load based === | === Load based === | ||
− | Load based mechanical logic uses single logic gates with a defined amount of power. They have an additional amount of load in terms of mechanism or other machine components, consuming all of the power if connected. The gates are designed in a way that the load is disconnected while the output shall be true, and connected when the output shall be false. Every logic gate has to have | + | Load based mechanical logic uses single logic gates with a defined amount of power. They have an additional amount of load in terms of mechanism or other machine components, consuming all of the power if connected. The gates are designed in a way that the load is disconnected while the output shall be true, and connected when the output shall be false. Every logic gate has to have it's own power supply. Compact complex logic gates are very hard to design, utterly impossible. |
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=== Toggle based === | === Toggle based === | ||
Toggle based mechanical logic works more like [[fluid logic]], not controlling the flow of fluid but the flow of power. It uses the fact that gears don't have a defined state when recieving an on or an off signal, but toggle between connected and dismanteled, independent of the type of signal. It normaly uses a central power supply. It is quite easy to create very complex gates with multiple output signals like for example a binary to decimal converter. | Toggle based mechanical logic works more like [[fluid logic]], not controlling the flow of fluid but the flow of power. It uses the fact that gears don't have a defined state when recieving an on or an off signal, but toggle between connected and dismanteled, independent of the type of signal. It normaly uses a central power supply. It is quite easy to create very complex gates with multiple output signals like for example a binary to decimal converter. |