[MOD 0.12.x][0.0.2] Programmable Controllers

[craftoBot]

Hello everyone, today i done strange thing, i had created programmable controller for circuit network......

Features

Controller CPU, Controller IN,Controller OUT,Controller RAM

HOWTO

First, assembly your controller

Notice, that controller can have much more units of components
It get connected by placing near

Then come near to cpu and press 'reset'
It will detect all peripherals connected
Then reopen gui and list of periphery will appear

Numbers written near peripheral name is address range (all inclusive)
Now we can write code

WARNING, ALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN LOWER CASE
Syntax Help:

Accessors

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123

- it is address 123

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$123

- it is constant 123

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#123

- it is line 123

Math

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mov A B

- copy number stored at address A to B, A - address or constant(if constant just set B to A), B - address only

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inc A

- add 1 to number stored at address A, A - address only

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dec A

- sub 1 from number stored at address A, A - address only

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add A B

- add B to A and store result at A, A - address only, B - address or constant

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sub A B

- subs B from A and store result at A, A - address only, B - address or constant

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mul A B

- multiply A by B and store result at A, A - address only, B - address or constant

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div A B

- devide A by B and store result at A, A - address only, B - address or constant

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flo A

- floor number at address A, and store it at address A, A - address only

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cel A

- ceil number at address A, and store it at address A, A - address only

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pow A B

- power A by B, and store it at address A, A - address only, B - constant or address

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lsh A B

- left shift of A by B, and store it at address A, A - address only, B - constant or address

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rsh A B

- right shift of A by B, and store it at address A, A - address only, B - constant or address

Conditions

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jmp A

- Sets program counter to pctr + A, like

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add 1 A

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jez A B

- If number at A == 0 then jmp to B, A - address, B - address,constant,line number

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jnz A B

- If number at A not 0 then jmp to B, A - address, B - address,constant,line number

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jgz A B

- If number at A > 0 then jmp to B, A - address, B - address,constant,line number

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jlz A B

- If number at A < 0 then jmp to B, A - address, B - address,constant,line number

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hlt A

- Full stop program with message( One word at A)

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yld

- Wait until next game tick

Try...
I will write more detail tutorial if my idea will be intresing for you...

TODO

Write description for each block in mod
Write HOW TO
Make video
Add multiple input block
Test it all
Fix textures
Export/Import code

Also, code avalible at bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/xcodersteam/progr ... ontrollers.

[Peter34]

Is this means to be functional for MP games? The a12 Combinator system is very explicitly designed to only process one unit of information each per 1/60s "tick", both to avoid infinite loops eating up all the CPU and freezing the game, and to avoid creating problems for MP-over-Internet games.

[craftoBot]

It is processing 1024 program cycles on each game tick, or lower if yld instruction is used, but it not mp- tested, i think if you have a good network channal you can use this mod in MP.
Also you can adjust cycles per tick count in control.lua( var cycles_per_tick )

[craftoBot]

MP tested and it working nice, enjoy MP with programmable controllers)

[ikiris]

You're awesome. Now I just want a combinator that runs python... =)

[craftoBot]

@ikiris

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    SH(SSSSSSHHHH,SSSSSSSSHHHHHHH)
SSHH 'SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH'
SSHH 'Done'

[ikiris]

@craftoBot

I said python... not brainfuck =P


Although you got a laugh, so well done.

[y.petremann]

The concept is pretty good, here my thought about the mod :

1. I would recommend you to post it on github, It would be a pleasure for me to participate in it's evolution.
2. The cpu interface is a bit too intrusive, you should add a small button to have the possibility to hide or show them
3. (already done, ask me for code) The peripheral order should correspond to their positions relative to the cpu, so it would be easier to move a program.
4. (already done, ask me for code) Why don't you merge lines of consecutive same type modules and give meaningful name to modules. For example changing this :

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   P1: FROM 1 TO 1 IS PROGRAM COUNTER
   P2: FROM 2 TO 16 IS OUT COMBINATOR
   P3: FROM 17 TO 48 IS MEM BLOCK
   P4: FROM 49 TO 80 IS MEM BLOCK
   P5: FROM 81 TO 112 IS MEM BLOCK
   P6: FROM 113 TO 144 IS MEM BLOCK
   P7: FROM 145 TO 145 IS 1-INPUT
   P8: FROM 146 TO 146 IS 1-INPUT
   P9: FROM 147 TO 147 IS 1-INPUT
   P10: FROM 148 TO 148 IS 1-INPUT

   into this :

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   0001:0001 PROGRAM COUNTER (CPU1)
   0002:0016 OUTPUT (OUT1)
   0017:0144 MEMORY (RAM1,RAM2,RAM3,RAM4)
   0145:0144 MEMORY (RAM1,RAM2,RAM3,RAM4)
   0145:0148 INPUT (IN1,IN2,IN3,IN4)

5. The coding interface would need some refinements to be better scalled and aligned, code lines are to high, you should reskin it a bit.
6. A debugger button to access ram, input, output would be interesting.
7. An integrated help with instructions.

Also the next thing is completely my point of view and there is no problem if you don't respect it :

1. I would have added a rom module, rom would simply not be writable by a program and so would permit to store informations for the program to run.
2. Programs would be stored in rom (and maybe ram). everything would be representable by numbers (instructions, constants, adresses), data area would need to be declared as data folowed by data lenght, this would prevent it to be parsed as instructions. and allowing to jump trought this block of data.
   
   Insructions that could be used with multiples type would get specific opcode for those cases

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   $123 -- it is address 123
   123  -- it is constant 123
   #123 -- it is line 123
    0          # nil            # - do nothing
    1 123 456  # mov $123 $456  # - copy number at 123 to number at 456
    2 123 456  # mov  123 $456  # - copy number 123 to number at 456
    3 123      # inc $123       # - add 1 to number stored at 123
    4 123      # dec $123       # - sub 1 to number stored at 123
    5 123 456  # add $123 $456  # - add number at 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
    6 123 456  # add $123  456  # - add number 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
    7 123 456  # sub $123 $456  # - sub number at 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
    8 123 456  # sub $123  456  # - sub number 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
    9 123 456  # mul $123 $456  # - multiply number at 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
   10 123 456  # mul $123  456  # - multiply number 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
   11 123 456  # div $123 $456  # - divide number at 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
   12 123 456  # div $123  456  # - divide number 456 to number at 123 and store result at 123
   13 123      # flo $123       # - floor number at 123 and store result at 123
   14 123      # cel $123       # - ceil number at 123 and store result at 123
   15 123 456  # pow $123 $456  # - power number at 123 by number at 456 and store result at 123
   16 123 456  # pow $123  456  # - power number at 123 by number 456 and store result at 123
   17 123 456  # lsh $123 $456  # - left shift of number at 123 by number at 456 and store result at 123
   18 123 456  # lsh $123  456  # - left shift of number at 123 by number 456 and store result at 123
   19 123 456  # rsh $123 $456  # - right shift of number at 123 by number at 456 and store result at 123
   20 123 456  # rsh $123  456  # - right shift of number at 123 by number 456 and store result at 123
   21 123      # jmp
   ...
   

3. All CPU would share the same memory and so the same code, to diferentiate CPUs, the firsts code cells (which would corespond to the number of CPUs) would contains an address indicating the initial program counter value (at reset)

[craftoBot]

Sources now available at git repository https://bitbucket.org/xcodersteam/progr ... ontrollers.

[Alexs]

Excuse me .. it's a bit too difficult for me. they could in simple words to describe what makes the mod? and perhaps show a practical example? thx

PS: if there is such a great evolution as you TrainLogicSystem, I would like to know more

[Keyalha]

Looks veeeeeeeeeerrryy interesting. It would be nice to know what Inputs it recognizes and in what format to actually use it.
If the howto is up i will take another look.

[redcharlie]

the input is the result of the condition in the input controller, 0 or 1
so if the input is "from 2 to 2" in the cell 2 you have 0 or 1.

[y.petremann]

I'm taking over this mod with a lot of modifications which are still in progress :

1. There is now Ram, Rom, In, Out, Cpu and Cable.
2. Ram, Rom, In, Out behave like constant combinator.
3. Ram (32 slots) can be preloaded or modified in live, but a reset erase Ram
4. Rom (32 slots) can be preloaded or modified in live, it's read-only memory for programs
5. In (16 slots) can have signal preloaded by hand or by program, then the program can get the signal value from circuit network.
6. Out (16 slots) can have signal preloaded by hand or by program, then the program can send the signal value to circuit network.
7. Cable simply connect things together and do nothing else, things are now grouped by three level :
   1. components are ordered by position
   2. components of same type grouped together are now adjacent in memory, the top-right components position define priority
   3. components grouped together (not separated by Cable) are now adjacent in memory, the top-right components position define priority
   4. components of a computer group can only be accessed from this computer.
8. Cpu (1 process id, 1 control pointer, 6 call stack, 1 main Register, 7 internal ram slots) if grouped together, they act as one processor, slave processor (8 internal ram slots, 8 call stack pointer) use main processor for control pointer and main register, they also extend the main call stack and internal ram with their call stack and internal ram. Internal ram can only be used by processor and can't be set manually, process id is automaticaly set and contain the processor ID, start pointer is defined by first rom address+process id, separated cpu can start different programs with shared memory or start the same program, for processor usage convenience, processor address are always the first, the other processor simply follow.

[Earendel]

This looks like it would go well with the AAI Programmable Vehicles mod.

[y.petremann]

This looks like it would go well with the AAI Programmable Vehicles mod.

I think it would go very well.

I've not mentionned that all coding could be now using constant combinator, every instruction are special signal which have only one parameter, they can use the internal register

here is a draft of the suported instructions :

• Instructions:
• nop - : 00 do nothing
• get A : 01 copy A to R (constant)
• get @A : 02 copy @A to R (address)
• set @A : 03 copy R to @A (get @A set @B = mov @A @B)
• inc @A : 04 increase @A by 1
• dec @A : 05 decrease @A by 1
• add @A : 06 add R to @A
• sub @A : 07 substract R to @A
• mul @A : 08 multiply by R in @A
• div @A : 09 divide by R in @A
• flo @A : 10 floor @A
• cel @A : 11 ceil @A
• neg @A : 12 negate @A
• and @A : 13 bitwise and R on @A
• or @A : 14 bitwise or R on @A
• not @A : 15 not @A
• xor @A : 16 bitwise xor R on @A
• pow @A : 17 power by R in @A
• pow @A : 18 power by R in @A
• lsh @A : 19 left shift of R in @A
• rsh @A : 20 right shift of R in @A
• jmp A : 21 jump to A (address)
• jmp @A : 22 jump to @A (constant)
• cjp A : 23 jump to B if R == 0 (address)
• cjp @A : 24 jump to @B if R == 0 (constant)
• hlt @A : 25 halt process with message @A
• yld A : 26 wait A next game tick
• yld @A : 27 wait @A next game tick
• wfm @A : 28 wait for modification on @A
• psh @A : 29 push in stack @A (add at start)
• pul @A : 30 pull in stack @A (remove at start)
• stk @A : 31 stack in stack @A (add at end)
• pop @A : 32 pop in stack @A (remove at end)
• tez @A : 33 1 if @A == 0 else 0
• tgt @A : 34 1 if @A > 0 else 0
• tlz @A : 35 1 if @A < 0 else 0
• tcz @A : 36 -1 if @A < 0 else 1 if @A > 0 else 0

[Wildejackson]

I just discovered this mod and am excited to see that y.petremann has an interest in updating it!

[y.petremann]

My interest is mainly because this is the kind of mods I want to see working ...

[y.petremann]

Here a quick update on where I am on the update of this mod :

Firstly, enjoy the new graphics :

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If anybody would like to make icon corresponding to each computer module it would be great, for now I only have a chip with the name on them, but I really appreciate something that looks like factorioish (symbolic and beautiful)

Also here a preview of all opcodes, reworked and should be final version (new opcodes should go after them, so prepare designing your programs) :

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   - 00 nop  - : do nothing
   - 01 val  A : copy value A to R
   - 02 get  A : copy A to R (address, signal included)
   - 03 get @A : copy @A to R (pointer, signal included)
   - 04 set  A : copy R to A
   - 05 set @A : copy R to @A
   - 06 swp  A : swap R with A
   - 07 swp @A : swap R with @A
   - 08 slp  A : wait A processor cycles
   - 09 slp @A : wait @A processor cycles
   - 0A yld  A : wait A game tick
   - 0B yld @A : wait @A game tick
   - 0C int  A : wait for modification on @A 
   - 0D int @A : wait for modification on @A 
   - 0E hlt  A : halt with code A
   - 0F hlt @A : halt with code A
   - 10 jmp  A : jump to A
   - 11 jmp @A : jump to @A
   - 12 rjp  A : jump relative by A
   - 13 rjp @A : jump relative by @A
   - 14 seq  A : skip if A == 0
   - 15 seq @A : skip if @A == 0
   - 16 slt  A : skip if A < 0
   - 17 slt @A : skip if @A < 0
   - 18 sgt  A : skip if A > 0
   - 19 sgt @A : skip if @A > 0
   - 1A snq  A : skip if A != 0
   - 1B snq @A : skip if @A != 0
   - 1C slq  A : skip if A <= 0
   - 1D slq @A : skip if @A <= 0
   - 1E sgq  A : skip if A >= 0
   - 1F sgq @A : skip if @A >= 0
   - 20 add  A : add R to A
   - 21 add @A : add R to @A
   - 22 sub  A : sub R to A
   - 23 sub @A : sub R to @A
   - 24 inc  A : increase A by 1
   - 25 inc @A : increase @A by 1
   - 26 dec  A : decrease A by 1
   - 27 dec @A : decrease @A by 1
   - 28 lsh  A : left shift A by R
   - 29 lsh @A : left shift @A by R
   - 2A rsh  A : right shift A by R
   - 2B rsh @A : right shift @A by R
   - 2C ngd  A : negate A
   - 2D ngd @A : negate @A
   - 2E not  A : bitwise not A
   - 2F not @A : bitwise not @A
   - 30 and  A : bitwise and A by R
   - 31 and @A : bitwise and @A by R
   - 32 adn  A : bitwise and A by not R
   - 33 adn @A : bitwise and @A by not R
   - 34 nad  A : bitwise nand A by R
   - 35 nad @A : bitwise nand @A by R
   - 36 ndn  A : bitwise nand A by not R
   - 37 ndn @A : bitwise nand @A by not R
   - 38 or   A : bitwise or A by R
   - 39 or  @A : bitwise or @A by R
   - 3A orn  A : bitwise or A by not R
   - 3B orn @A : bitwise or @A by not R
   - 3C nor  A : bitwise nor A by R
   - 3D nor @A : bitwise nor @A by R
   - 3E nrn  A : bitwise nor A by not R
   - 3F nrn @A : bitwise nor @A by not R
   - 40 mul  A : multiply by R in @A
   - 41 mul @A : multiply by R in @A
   - 42 dvf  A : floor division A by R
   - 43 dvf @A : floor division @A by R
   - 44 dvc  A : ceil division A by R
   - 45 dvc @A : ceil division @A by R
   - 46 mod @A : modulo A by R
   - 47 mod @A : modulo @A by R
   - 48 xor  A : bitwise xor A by R
   - 49 xor @A : bitwise xor @A by R
   - 4A xrn  A : bitwise xor A by not R
   - 4B xrn @A : bitwise xor @A by not R
   - 4C nxr  A : bitwise nxor A by R
   - 4D nxr @A : bitwise nxor @A by R
   - 4E nxn  A : bitwise nxor A by not R
   - 4F nxn @A : bitwise nxor @A by not R

[y.petremann]

Here the first program I've done yet:

A basic second clock

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[y.petremann]

Hey, I've good news for you !

I've uploaded a beta version of the new version of programmable controllers, why ? Because for now it's incomplete, but you can play with some functions just to look a bit.

programmable-controllers_0.14.0.zip

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I've managed to make a specific system in factorio and this is a zone controller for AAI mods :
Basically this :

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Replace that :