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This guide will cover the use of the Integrated Circuit Printer, an extremely versatile item that allows production of customized items called assemblies. Assemblies have a wide range of possibilities, limited only by the player's imagination and the size of the assembly. It is possible to produce specialized signalers, intelligent augments for implantation, explosives, medicine dispensers, mobile robotic minions and much more. Some example circuits will be included at the end of this guide.

Creating a new integrated circuit can take some time, and for the more complex types requires a basic knowledge of how logic works in boolean algebra. However they can be easily copied and brought into future rounds. It can represent an interesting puzzle to implement your desired functions within the, quite restrictive, limits of the assembly sizes.

Assemblies can be extremely powerful, make sure to be creative and have fun making your circuits, but remember the rules and don't stray into powergaming or griefing with circuits.

Tools

• Producing integrated circuits all starts with an integrated circuit printer. This item is found in the research and robotics labs, or produced from a protolathe. Interacting with it opens a UI that allows you to print all the parts required for the creation of integrated circuits, and the tools for attaching them together. It also allows for cloning of circuits. The printer uses steel sheets and can recycle unwanted circuits and components.
• The integrated circuit printer initially has many options crossed-out. These are more advanced components and must be unlocked by using an 'integrated circuit printer upgrade disk - advanced designs' on the printer. This disk is printable from the protolathe with sufficient research.
• Cloning circuits can take minutes for the more complex varieties. The 'integrated circuit printer upgrade disk - instant cloner' allows for instantaneous cloning of integrated circuits. It is printed from a protolathe with sufficient research.
• Interacting with an opened assembly casing using the circuit wirer allows you to connect the various components within together, and is essential to creating integrated circuits. This can be found in the research and robotics labs, or printed from the integrated circuit printer. Pressing Шаблон:Kp toggles the wirer/unwirer mode and removes the previously selected pin.
• The circuit debugger can save you a great deal of time when creating integrated circuits. Interacting with it allows you to set an input number, string, reference or null and then set this on the input of a component. This is useful in setting constants and testing the operation of your circuit. It is found in the same places as the circuit wirer.
• The circuit detailer allows you to adjust the colour of your assembly casing. It is found in the same places as the circuit wirer.
• The circuit analyzer allows you to obtain a set of instructions for the integrated circuit printer that will allow you to clone your circuit by using the Load Program button in the printer UI. This text can be saved externally for use in future rounds. You can use the analyzer on circuits other people have created. Adjusting this text is sometimes simpler than editing the circuit directly with a circuit wirer.

Assemblies

There are many types of assemblies, which act as containers for your integrated circuits. Assemblies each have a space (physical internal volume) and a complexity (a cap on the amount of complicated circuits you can include) and some additional features based on the shape of the assembly, (e.g. The one that resembles a PDA can have an ID Card inserted.)

Assemblies fit into four main categories: Assembly, Mechanism, Machine and Drone.

Assembly-class Assemblies are the smallest in space and complexity, but have some features based on their small size. Such as the ability to fit in belt or PDA slots, or inside an augment.

Mechanism-class Assemblies are larger, but cannot fit so easily on your character. They are more suited for assemblies that could sit on a table and perform their function. They have twice the space and complexity of the Assembly-class.

Machine-class Assemblies are the largest and can be affixed to the floor and treated like a piece of furniature. These allow you to build the most complicated integrated circuits. They have four times the space and complexity of the Assembly-class.

Drone-class Assemblies allow you to create robots that can move and interact with the world. They have three times the space and complexity of the Assembly-class.

Additionally, there are two wall-mounted assemblies, which resemble screens that can be attached to a wall. They have twice the space and complexity of the Assembly-class.

As assemblies get larger they also take more steel to create from the printer.

Below is a table that lists each assembly and what special features it has.

Assembly Name	Description
type-a electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with.
type-b electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one resembles a pocket calculator.
type-c electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one has a clamshell design.
type-d electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one has a simple design.
type-e electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one looks like it has a belt clip. (Can fit in belt slot)
type-f electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one resembles a PDA. (Can fit in ID or belt slot)
augment electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. This one is designed to go inside a cybernetic augment. (Can shoot firearms, and be implanted using an integrated circuit augment)
type-a electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with.
type-b electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with. This one has a boxy design.
type-c electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with. This one has a clamshell design.
type-d electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with. This one resembles some type of medical apparatus.
type-e electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with. This one resembles a gun, or some type of tool, if you're feeling optimistic. It can fire guns and throw items while the user is holding it. (Can fire guns, and be anchored to the floor)
type-f electronic mechanism	It's a case, for building medium-sized electronics with. This one resembles an old radio.
type-a electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with.
type-b electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with. This one resembles an oscilloscope.
type-c electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with. This one resembles a computer terminal.
type-d electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with. This one resembles a robotic arm.
type-e electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with. This one has a tall design.
type-f electronic machine	It's a case, for building large electronics with. This one resembles some kind of industrial machinery.
type-a electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with.
type-b electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with. This one is armed and dangerous.
type-c electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with. This one resembles a Securitron.
type-d electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with. This one resembles a Medibot.
type-e electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with. This one has a generic bot design.
type-f electronic drone	It's a case, for building mobile electronics with. This one has a hominoid design.
heavy wall-mounted electronic assembly	It's a case, for building large electronics with. It has a magnetized backing to allow it to stick to walls, but you'll still need to wrench the anchoring bolts in place to keep it on.
light wall-mounted electronic assembly	It's a case, for building small electronics with. It has a magnetized backing to allow it to stick to walls, but you'll still need to wrench the anchoring bolts in place to keep it on.

Components

There are many categories of component, below they will be listed along with a brief description of what you can expect from each category.

Category	Description
Power - Passive	Generate power for your integrated circuit.
Input	Everything to input information to your circuit, from number/text pads to item sensors to atmospheric analyzers.
Output	Display something, through screens, lights, sounds.
Arithmetic	Everything you need to perform mathematical operations.
Converter	Integrated circuits are type-based, with strings, numbers, references. These components let you convert between them, or otherwise manipulate variables.
Data Transfer	A series of multiplexers and demultiplexers of varying sizes.
Filter	Lets you filter your variables for specific types, such as only allowing item references through and excluding players.
Lists	Construct and manipulate lists.
Logic	Contains circuits for boolean logical operations.
Manipulation	Circuits to manipulate items, move your assembly, allow AI control or create bluespace portals.
Memory	Store variables.
Power - Active	Send power from your assembly's battery elsewhere.
Reagent	Manipulate liquids within the assembly.
Smart	Pathfinding tools for mobile assemblies.
Time	Tickers, delays and time circuits.
Trig	Trigonometric functions.
Assemblies	Contains all the assembly designs mentioned above.
Tools	Contains all the tools mentioned above, as well as data cards.

Circuit Design

Once you have decided on your assembly type, and what you want your circuit to do - It is time to print all the components and insert them into your assembly. Once this is done, use the Circuit Wirer on the open assembly casing to open the assembly internals screen.

Assembly Internals Screen

In-game UI showing an integrated circuit components screen.

On this screen you will see a list of the current complexity and space, and their maximum, the power cell status, as well as a list of the installed components.

Component Screen

Clicking on any component will bring up that component's settings, wiring and a description of what it does. In this screen you can also rename, copy the reference of or remove that component.

In-game UI showing the Advanced Medical Scanner Circuit

Here we have an example of one of the medical scanner components, which when used on a target will give the assembly information on its health.

On the left side of the screen we see <REF> target (null) - This means we need to provide the circuit with a target reference as an input. Currently we have null or nothing input. Using another component such as a sensor and wiring it to the medical scanner circuit, we can provide it with a reference. Variables are always written in the format <Type> name (current). Types can be Any, REF, String, NUM or BOOL - And you can only connect compatible pins together. If you wish to send the output of a NUM pin to, for example, a screen for display - Then you will have to pass it through a num to string component first to change the type.

In the center we have the pulse pins, these tell the circuit when to trigger and where to send out a pulse when it operates. We might wire the scan pin to a sensor output trigger, so that when we have scanned something and we know that the reference will be passed to the medical scanner, we tell the medical scanner to operate using that reference. Then we could use the output of the medical scanner to trigger another component such as a screen to display the scan.

Connecting Components

Connect the components using the Circuit Wirer. It has two modes, Wire and Unwire, which can be toggled with Шаблон:Kp or by clicking on the Wirer. To wire or unwire, click on the two pins you wish to wire/unwire. They must be compatible, i.e. You cannot wire a pulse pin to a variable pin, nor can you connect pins with incompatible types. Pins can have multiple connections.

Example of a connected circuit, this modulus circuit forms part of a looping counter circuit in a medical scanner assembly. It allows the assembly to cycle through all the damage types on a loop.

Occasionally, you will not want to connect a pin to anything - But you will still want it to have a variable. This may be the case with a ticker that you always want to be on, so it requires a <BOOL> True on the input. You can achieve this using the Circuit Debugger. Double-click the Debugger in-hand to open a menu to allow you to select a variable type, select the variable you want and then input the value. Then click on the appropriate pin with the debugger to set the value. An example of this can be seen in the above image, in which pin <NUM> B is permanently set to 7. The debugger can also be used to pulse a trigger pin to allow you to test out your circuit.

Sample Circuits

Grabber Augment - Allows storage of small items within itself.

{"assembly":{"type":"type-d electronic assembly"},"components":[{"type":"grabber","inputs":2,0,1},{"type":"ranged sensor"},{"type":"button","name":"Drop All"},{"type":"memory chip","inputs":1,0,-1},{"type":"memory chip","inputs":1,0,1}],"wires":[[[1,"I",1],[2,"O",1]],[[1,"I",2],[4,"O",1]],[[1,"I",2],[5,"O",1]],[[1,"A",1],[2,"A",1]],[[1,"A",1],[4,"A",2]],[[1,"A",2],[5,"A",1]],[[3,"A",1],[4,"A",1]]]}

Wall-based Medical Scanner - Scans the person standing infront of it for medical problems. Note that it has delays to allow for logic gate operation without issues.

{"assembly":{"type":"heavy wall-mounted electronic assembly","name":"EZ-MED Scanner 1.0","detail_color":"#e2e2e2"},"components":[{"type":"integrated adv. medical analyser"},{"type":"adjacent locator"},{"type":"button"},{"type":"greater than gate","name":"Greater Than Damage","inputs":[[1,0,0],[2,0,0]]},{"type":"eight multiplexer","name":"Damage Type Name","inputs":[[1,0,8],[2,0,"Brute Damage"],[3,0,"Burn Damage"],[4,0,"Toxin Damage"],[5,0,"Oxygenation Damage"],[6,0,"Genetic Damage"],[7,0,"Pulse Level: 84"],[8,0,"Pain Level"],[9,0,"Radiation Level"]]},{"type":"eight multiplexer","name":"Damage Type Number","inputs":[[1,0,8],[2,0,0],[3,0,0],[4,0,0],[5,0,0],[6,0,0],[7,0,84],[8,0,0],[9,0,0]]},{"type":"addition circuit","name":"Counter Adder","inputs":[[1,0,7],[2,0,1]]},{"type":"modulo circuit","name":"Counter Modulus","inputs":[[1,0,7],[2,0,8]]},{"type":"memory chip","name":"Counter Memory","inputs":1,0,7},{"type":"addition circuit","name":"Multiplex Incrementer","inputs":[[1,0,7],[2,0,1]]},{"type":"small concatenator","name":"Text Adder","inputs":[[1,0,"Pulse Level: 84\n"],[2,0,"Radiation Level"],[3,0,"\n"]]},{"type":"equal gate","name":"Count Finished Check","inputs":[[1,0,8],[2,0,8]]},{"type":"half-sec delay circuit","name":"Screen Update Delay"},{"type":"memory chip","name":"Screen Reset"},{"type":"tenth-sec delay circuit","name":"Equals Delay"},{"type":"tenth-sec delay circuit","name":"Adder Delay"},{"type":"small screen","name":"Output Screen","inputs":1,0,"Pulse Level: 84\n"},{"type":"tesla power relay"},{"type":"tesla power relay"},{"type":"small concatenator","name":"Pulse Concat","inputs":[[1,0,"Pulse Level: "],[2,0,"84"]]},{"type":"number to string","name":"Pulse Num2String","inputs":1,0,84}],"wires":[[[1,"I",1],[2,"O",1]],[[1,"O",3],[6,"I",2]],[[1,"O",4],[6,"I",3]],[[1,"O",5],[6,"I",4]],[[1,"O",6],[6,"I",5]],[[1,"O",7],[6,"I",6]],[[1,"O",8],[6,"I",7]],[[1,"O",8],[21,"I",1]],[[1,"O",10],[6,"I",8]],[[1,"O",11],[6,"I",9]],[[1,"A",1],[2,"A",2]],[[1,"A",2],[7,"A",1]],[[1,"A",2],[21,"A",1]],[[2,"A",1],[3,"A",1]],[[3,"A",1],[14,"A",1]],[[4,"I",1],[6,"O",1]],[[4,"A",1],[6,"A",2]],[[4,"A",2],[11,"A",1]],[[5,"I",1],[10,"O",1]],[[5,"I",7],[20,"O",1]],[[5,"O",1],[11,"I",2]],[[5,"A",1],[10,"A",2]],[[6,"I",1],[10,"O",1]],[[6,"A",1],[10,"A",2]],[[7,"I",1],[9,"O",1]],[[7,"O",1],[8,"I",1]],[[7,"A",1],[16,"A",2]],[[7,"A",2],[8,"A",1]],[[8,"O",1],[9,"I",1]],[[8,"O",1],[10,"I",1]],[[8,"A",2],[10,"A",1]],[[8,"A",2],[9,"A",1]],[[10,"O",1],[12,"I",1]],[[10,"A",2],[15,"A",1]],[[11,"I",1],[11,"O",1]],[[11,"I",1],[14,"O",1]],[[11,"O",1],[17,"I",1]],[[12,"A",1],[15,"A",2]],[[12,"A",2],[13,"A",1]],[[12,"A",3],[16,"A",1]],[[13,"A",2],[17,"A",1]],[[14,"O",1],[17,"I",1]],[[20,"I",2],[21,"O",1]],[[20,"A",1],[21,"A",2]]]}