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Multiple feature requests.

A topic by Noobly-Walker created Jan 06, 2023 Views: 627 Replies: 8
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As I don't wish to create a post for every feature idea I had, I will list them here.

  • LED: 
    • Can be placed anywhere.
    • 1 pin variant: can either be on or off.
    • 3 pin variant: can either be off, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, or white.
    • 3 BUS variant: can be any color from 000 to FFF. See about BUS below.
    • LEDs appear on chips, similar to LCD displays.
  • 4 Wire BUS:
    • BUSes have their own pins. Normal pins can be turned into BUS pins by right clicking, similar to wire colors.
    • BUS pins may either have four test buttons, or a text box for writing down numbers.
    • Makes 8 and 16-bit ALUs much easier to produce.
    • Possible 8 Wire BUS variant to allow for 32 and 64-bit ALUs.
  • Switch: 
    • Can be placed anywhere.
    • Similar to a test button. Click to toggle, outputs a signal.
    • Appears on your 4 bit register, or any other chip it's placed in.
  • Button:
    • Can be placed anywhere.
    • Similar to a test button, except it only emits a signal for a second after being clicked, requiring the player to invent a latch mechanism for certain use cases.
    • Appears on any chip it's placed in.
  • Additional LCD Displays:
    • Dot Matrix Display:
      • A grid of dots that can individually be powered on or off.
      • Requires many input pins, usually more than 16. Basically requires BUSes.
    • 16 Segment Display:
      • A more advanced display that can show additional symbols.
      • Requires 16 input pins. Using BUSes would make things easier.

This is very cool! I love these feature requests

Developer(+2)

Thanks for sharing your ideas, I definitely want to add all of these :)

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I've also thought about BUSes in the sim! Your other ideas are also very cool. Maybe the button would stay on as long as you hold it? That would make it more button-like.

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That was what I was thinking regarding the button. Hence why you'd want to make a latch, if you want the button to act like a switch.

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Maybe in the meantime we could get CTRL + Z Implementation

awesome! all of these updates would be amazing! because theres a limit in how you can make chips more complicated without making it look like spaghetti

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You must bathe in the spaghetti

It's possible to make very complex chips without making wire spaghet. It just takes effort.