Automation

3 votes

I saw already few automation ideas, but all of those are vogue. I'd like to bring a clearer picture to the consideration.

General automation.
I would like to control flow of products, switching on and off buildings depending on storage, balance production of competing resources (like diesel Vs gas in refineries). Than can be done via programmable devices and sensors.

Details:
T1 (early automation like): only bit logic sensors and basic gates (AND, OR, NOT) and logic operations (GT, LT, EQ etc). Made of electric components and iron in assembly.
T2 (controllers like): real values, with basic math operations. Made of electric components 2, iron, copper
T3 (PLC like): Real values arithmetic operations, build it functions (or simple language to write them on my own) and modules attached to filters, balancers, sorters etc. Made of electric components 3, construction components and steel
T4 (MES like): centralised servers to control all connected T3 devices. Using microchips and TFLOPS.

Under consideration Game machanic New machines Quality of life Suggested by: Paweł (23 Feb) • Upvoted: 2 days ago • Comments: 4

Comments: 4

23 Feb
Paweł
I have 10+ years of experience on industrial automation as programmer, so I could be advising on those topics :-)
Sadly 1000 characters is a bit too short to describe fully what I had on mind.
23 Feb
Kayser
You can make a NAND gate with belts, no? Just get to work.
23 Feb
Paweł
It's not about making gates with belts, but ok.
27 Feb
Kayser
You can make fairly interesting automation and regulation with current tools. Check out my designs on the hub.
I understand what you want