I share the story of how I built a 19-bit marble computer.
Along the way we'll learn a bit about digital logic, binary numbers, reliability, and engineering.
* Buy GraviTrax on Amazon: [ Ссылка ] (paid link)
* My FREE Homeschool Digital Logic Course, where we build GraviTrax marble runs together to learn how computers and other chip-based electronics work on the inside:
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* GraviTrax binary number landing pad inserts for 3D printers to make your own GraviTrax marble computers on Thingiverse:
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* GraviTrax landing pad catchers for 3D printers also used on this marble computer: [ Ссылка ]
Link to GraviTrax Dipper Switch trick video, which could become the basis for storing nonvolatile memory in GraviTrax digital computers.
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CREDITS:
Andreas Schleifenbaum’s original full adder using 2 switches:
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Water vector created by upklyak:
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CHAPTER MARKERS:
00:00 A Computer Made of MARBLES?
01:29 History of Marble Computers
05:00 Failure upon Failure (The Engineering Process)
08:12 The Real Problem (Reliability)
09:03 The Analogy to Evolution
09:58 Drastic Action
10:49 What's Ahead
13:28 Basic Overview
17:06 Running the Computer
22:10 Q&A
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