HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
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HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
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Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#2Looks pretty. Are there instructions anywhere? Examples provided?
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#3Pretty although unsure at this point on how practical it is, but definitely a great idea!
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#4How to make an oscillator: Create a triangle out of XOR cells. It will all be white. Put a power cell next to the triangle.
A simpler oscillator consists of an XOR cell in the center, with a power cell below it, and two OR cells: one above, and one above and to the right.
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#5Looks pretty. Are there instructions anywhere? Examples provided?
Agreed. I have to admit, I'm pretty lost as to what interesting things I can do with this.
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#6Fun to play with, but I haven't yet found how to create a wire that carries a signal around a corner without introducing instability or oscillation. A series of 'or' or 'xor' gates will carry a signal from input to output, but the other two output directions from any of those gates lead to cells that feed into the previous cell, so placing either an 'or' or 'xor' there introduces feedback.
The inability to change the direction of a signal makes it difficult to create non-trivial circuits. I can create an oscillator for use as a clock signal (3-on-3-off that can be disturbed into a 1-on-1-off by placing and removing an adjacent cell). The outputs of those together would produce a two-bit counter (00, 01, 10, 11), and combining those bits with logic gates would produce a 2-on-2-off oscillator or a 1-on-3-off oscillator; however, I haven't yet figured out how to bring two outputs together.
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#7Fun to play with, but I haven't yet found how to create a wire that carries a signal around a corner without introducing instability or oscillation. A series of 'or' or 'xor' gates will carry a signal from input to output, but the other two output directions from any of those gates lead to cells that feed into the previous cell, so placing either an 'or' or 'xor' there introduces feedback. The inability to change the…
You can switch direction. Try putting 4 xor gates in a diamond shape ;)
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#8Fun to play with, but I haven't yet found how to create a wire that carries a signal around a corner without introducing instability or oscillation. A series of 'or' or 'xor' gates will carry a signal from input to output, but the other two output directions from any of those gates lead to cells that feed into the previous cell, so placing either an 'or' or 'xor' there introduces feedback. The inability to change the…
You can switch direction. Try putting 4 xor gates in a diamond shape ;)
Also try a "bone" shape.
Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#9Fun to play with, but I haven't yet found how to create a wire that carries a signal around a corner without introducing instability or oscillation. A series of 'or' or 'xor' gates will carry a signal from input to output, but the other two output directions from any of those gates lead to cells that feed into the previous cell, so placing either an 'or' or 'xor' there introduces feedback. The inability to change the…
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Re: HexLogic – Logic gates in a hexagon grid
#10Fun to play with, but I haven't yet found how to create a wire that carries a signal around a corner without introducing instability or oscillation. A series of 'or' or 'xor' gates will carry a signal from input to output, but the other two output directions from any of those gates lead to cells that feed into the previous cell, so placing either an 'or' or 'xor' there introduces feedback. The inability to change the…
A big hexagon shape made out of xor gates imitates a xor gate, except that the inputs and outputs are nicely separated. You can omit the inputs as you want.