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Wired Logic
Wired Logic can turn a still image like this…
…into an animation like that…
How to run it?
Execute the following command to convert a static image into an animation…
go run $GOPATH/src/github.com/martinkirsche/wired-logic/apps/gif/main.go input.gif output.gif
…or draw your own circuit using the Wired Logic Sandbox in your browser.
How does it work?
It scans the image, converts it into a collection of wires, power sources and transistors and runs a simulation on them as long as the state of the simulation does not recur. Then it renders the simulation into the animated gif image.
The rules
| Description | Example |
|---|---|
| Wires are all pixels of the color from index 1 to 7 within the palette. |  |
| A 2x2 pixel square within a wire will make the wire a power source. |  |
| Wires can cross each other by poking a hole in the middle of their crossing. |  |
| A transistor gets created by drawing an arbitrarily rotated T-shape and, you guessed it, poking a hole in the middle of their crossing. If a transistor's base gets charged it will stop current from flowing. If not, current will flow but gets reduced by one. |  |
The idea
Wired Logic was mainly inspired by Minecraft's Redstone and Wireworld. The first prototype even was a cellular automaton like Wireworld running as a shader within the GPU where each pixel passed its charge - 1 on to its neighbours. But it was slow and impractical so I came up with this implementation.
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