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256-byte DDR RAM

6,220 11qazxc  2.2 years ago
Auto Credit Based on 11qazxc's DIP-b DDR RAM 16x8

!!!Test, may work incorrectly.
Capacity: 256x8 bits
Maximum clock rate: 50hz (high physics); 400hz (high physics, slow-motion mode)
If "wrt" button is enabled it will write data input (buttons 0-7) into memory at specified address (buttons 10-17 (i.e. a0-a7)).
If "wrt" button is disabled it will get data from specified address and display it using buttons 0-7.
Both operations (read and write) will be executed both on rising and falling edges of clock cycle, i.e. every time you switch "clk" button.
It have shape of DIP-18 package just for fun, if you need to actually use it you will need to rescale it using fine tuner or something like that.
If you're trying to get it to work faster than pfps/2 and something went wrong it's your and only your problem.
Send comments about any other bugs|errors you get.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor DIP-b DDR RAM 16x8
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
  • Length 1.6ft (0.5m)
  • Height 5.8ft (1.8m)
  • Empty Weight 22lbs (10kg)
  • Loaded Weight 22lbs (10kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 10

Parts

  • Number of Parts 23
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 71
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    6,220 11qazxc

    @U2
    To store value select address (buttons a0...a7), select value (buttons 0...7), enable wrt button, switch clk button.
    To read value select address (buttons a0...a7), disable wrt button, switch clk button.

    one year ago
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    How do I use this

    one year ago
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    Epic

    1.3 years ago
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    240 raister

    wow it very cool

    2.1 years ago
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    6,220 11qazxc

    @JuanShot2Go
    I modified it a bit, so now it looks like that:
    if(abs(rate(clk))){
    addr=ai0+ 2*ai1+ 4*ai2+ 8*ai3+ 16*ai4+ 32*ai5+ 64*ai6+ 128*ai7
    if(wrt){di=di0+ 2*di1+ 4*di2+ 8*di3+ 16*di4+ 32*di5+ 64*di6+ 128*di7}
    }
    addrLarge=floor(addr/3)
    addrShift=pow(256,repeat(addr,3))
    if(addrLarge=0){
    if(di>=0){m0=m0-(repeat(m0,256*addrShift)-repeat(m0,addrShift))+di*addrShift}
    value=floor(repeat(m0/addrShift,256))
    }
    if(addrLarge=N){
    if(di>=0){mN=mN-(repeat(mN,256*addrShift)-repeat(mN,addrShift))+repeat(di,256)*addrShift}
    value=floor(repeat(mN/addrShift,256))
    }
    di=-1
    .
    If clk was switched, buttons ai0...ai7 will be used as new address (each button is one bit, ai0 is least-significant one).
    If clk was switched and wrt is true, buttons di0...di7 will be used as data to store (each button is one bit, di0 is least-significant one).
    addrLarge is number of memory variable that contains selected address. It's 1//3 of address, because single-precision floating-point format stores 23 fraction bits and one implicit leading bit, and 24/8 is 3, i.e. it can store up to 3 bytes (not including exponent and sign).
    To store 3x8 bits in one 24-bit variable without intersection we need to shift it, but FT doesn't have any bitwise operators. So to shift value by N bits we need to multiply it by 2^N. Offset that we need to get is repeat(addr,3) bytes (see previous line), i.e. to store value in clean memory variable at Nth byte we need to add value*pow(2,8*repeat(addr,3)) (it's equal to value*pow(256,repeat(addr,3))) to memory variable.
    To clear a byte of memory variable it uses m-(repeat(m,256*addrShift)-repeat(m,addrShift)). i wrote it 3 months ago and i don't remember how it works, but looks like it works.
    value setter shifts memory variable and then uses repeat(...,256) to cut anything that's above 7th bit and floor(...) to cut anything that's below 0th bit.
    In programming languages like CS and Python we can create array named m and then get Nth element of array with m[N], but FT doesn't have arrays. So instead it uses pseudo-array, that's a lot of variables named mN and separate setters for each one.
    After it's used di sets to -1, and it will contain -1 as long as clk will not be switched (see 7 lines above). If di<0, mN setter will not be activated, and therefore memory contents will not be changed.
    Finally, if clk was switched and wrt is false, buttons di0...di7 is used to display separate bits of value that was previously obtained from one of memory variables (see 3 lines above)(didn't wrote it in code above because of comment length limit).

    2.1 years ago
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    12.6k JuanShot2Go

    Dude, I seriously want to understand this.

    +1 2.1 years ago