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Binary Number System Behind the Scene
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Tags: Button, Weighted Cube, Faith Plate, Flip Panel, Laser Emitter, Laser Catcher, Glass
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21 Jul, 2012 @ 9:33pm
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This is not a puzzle.

Binary Number System (4-digit)

Binary Number System (5-digit without numbers on the wall)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=86085547

The buttons from left to right represent 2^3, 2^2, 2^1, 2^0, respectively.

*********************************Connection List************************************
There are four buttons.
2^0 is Button 1
2^1 is Button 2
2^2 is Button 3
2^3 is Button 4
We'll name them B1-B4

And there are 8 lasers and 15 flip panels, each panel represents a number from 1 to 15 (there could be 16 panels if you want to include 0). We'll name them L1-L8 and P1-P15

Because there are maximum 8 connections per item, I have to connect the buttons to lasers first,
and split each of L1-L8 into two lasers. So there are actually more than 8 lasers, but I won't list the splitting here.

L1-L4 start disabled and L5-L8 start enabled

B1 - L1L8
B2 - L2L7
B3 - L3L6
B4 - L4L5

(if you want to include 0, connect to L5678)
P1 - L1567
P2 - L2568
P3 - L1256
P4 - L3678
P5 - L1357
P6 - L2358
P7 - L1235
P8 - L4678
P9 - L1467
P10 - L2468
P11 - L1246
P12 - L3478
P13 - L1347
P14 - L2348
P15 - L1234
12 Comments
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stormsend 6 Aug, 2014 @ 2:47pm 
Cool. Thanks.
Rei 10 Dec, 2012 @ 8:12pm 
Very nice concept!
Is somebody in here interested in a pretty designed puzzle, made out of digital circuits?
I can highly recommend my " PortCalc " for binarylogicians like us ^_-
N-Sunderland 8 Aug, 2012 @ 6:01am 
Ah, I see. Instead of splitting lasers, though, a useful trick is to put an extra relay in the laser's path. Just a little note for the future :)
shane716  [author] 7 Aug, 2012 @ 4:33pm 
I actually built the 5-digit system first. In that one, I had to split the lasers. Then I built the 4-digit one by modifying the 5-digit one. So i didn't need to count how many connections each item has to have, as there must be already enough space.
So you probably can build the 4 digit one without splitting them.
N-Sunderland 6 Aug, 2012 @ 1:06pm 
Why did you need to split the lasers? I managed to fit all of the connections into eight:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=87531822
cyron43 30 Jul, 2012 @ 8:49am 
Wow thank you so much for your effort. :-)
shane716  [author] 30 Jul, 2012 @ 7:40am 
The connection list is the description now.
cyron43 28 Jul, 2012 @ 3:20pm 
Hi Shane,
I'm with Geneosis. This is a very interesting thing but I'd like to know how. Maybe you can write a connection list. You see what I mean when you visit some of my circuitry maps and look into the description.
M. Ferby 27 Jul, 2012 @ 11:28am 
wow.........wow
Geneosis 23 Jul, 2012 @ 3:35am 
Well in theory you just have to place the button close enough to the lasers they activate and the antline will be visible ^^ So maybe move all the laser mechanism in front of the buttons or something...