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- Programming -

Every Smart Brick has a capacity which is 32 bits wide. When controlling digital (on/off) functions,

each of these 32 outputs can be used to turn on and off a single device. At eight bits of resolution,

each analog (variable speed and position) function takes over eight of these digital outputs. Any combi-

nation of digital and analog functions can be controlled from a single Smart Brick. With eight bit resolu-

tion analog functions, the following show all the possible combinations:

A) no analogs and 32 digital functions

B) 1 analog and 24 digital functions

C) 2 analogs and 16 digital functions

D) 3 analogs and 8 digital functions

E) 4 analogs and no digital functions

Playback-Only Bricks:

All Playback-only Smart Bricks have their data stored in Eproms. Burning data into Eproms is as close

to Ôchiseling in stoneÕ as you can get in the world of computers. Short of being hit by lightning, anything

which is programmed into one of these playback-only Bricks will last forever (unless you want to change

it). The Eproms are programmed outside the bricks and then plugged into them. The program can be

generated in one of several ways:

A) The show is initially programmed using standard record-playback bricks. When the program-

ming is completed, the show data is moved to an IBM compatible computer using the IBM

Backup Box. It can then be burned into the Eproms using any commercially available Eprom

programmer.

B) The show is initially programmed using a full-sized MACs Animation Control System and then

burned into the Eproms using any commercially available Eprom programmer

C) The show is initially programmed from any other source and then burned into the Eproms

using any commercially available Eprom programmer.

Record-Playback Bricks:

The only bricks which can be programmed directly are the record-playback bricks. Shows for these

can also be programmed using ours or just about any other full-sized Animation Control System, and

then downloaded to the record-playback Smart Bricks.

All Smart Bricks are real-time Animation Control Systems. What this means is that they are normally

programmed as the show is going on. You do this by moving the controls (pots, joysticks, buttons, sliders,

or whatever) which are connected to the figure through the control system and watching it move as the

audio for the show (if any) is played. The bricks will remember exactly whatever you do on the controls

and when you did it. Once programmed, this data will stay in the bricks until you want to change it

again.

Normally only one or two functions are programmed at a time. On each pass through the show you

add the programming for few additional channels while all previously recorded channels play back

whatever you have already programmed into them. If you make a mistake on any pass, you can always

go back and change the programming for the whole show, or just the area where it needs it. By repeat-

ing this process, you eventually have all of the movements programmed! It is exactly like building up a

multi track recording in an audio studio.

Once programmed, the programming hardware can then be removed from the system.

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