6 Aug
2006
6 Aug
'06
4:43 p.m.
On 8/6/2006 at 4:17 PM Fred Cisin wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how to make pneumatic (NOT
hydraulic) gates.
Once I can build a half adder and full adder with compressed smoke
(no mirrors), THEN I'll be ready to start really learning how
digital electronics works.
Get yourself a good book on fluidics. IIRC, a fluidic computer was
supposed to replace electronics in rugged environment situations.
I spent a good part of my college summers working as a technician on
pneumatic instrumentation. It's actually pretty surprising what one can do
with pistons, diaphragms and nozzles. We had integrators, differentiators,
square-root-extractors and lots and lots of copper tubing. But that was
all analogue.
Cheers,
Chuck