eisental/BasicCircuits — Issue #16: idea - Sketchpad / notepad ('display' input pad)
Author: mstram
Created: 2012-01-04 14:31:35+00:00
State: open

Either an option to display ("sketchpad"), or maybe , a new chip "sketchpad" (or something)

Constructed like a display, with maybe a clock, reset inputs.

Same output pins as the display arrangment

Back block = "screen"

*Any blocks placed on front of screen (single layer / block "thick"), become the "paint" (they would have to also be wool I guess so that their colors can be changed (their is a worldedit "cycler" tool to do that, but maybe an /rcdraw tool could be added .. or maybe not necessary.

** Or .. maybe better, just a single layer thick like current display,,... clicking on a wool / screen block would cycle colors (like current display), either all 16 colors or colors specified on sign

When clock pin toggled, current color states of all blocks transferred to the output pins (like the 'terminal' chip)?

*** Or to be more simple, it would have it's own ram chip, and clicking the "store /clock" input would save the current screen to
the (ram address inputs)

**** To simplify the ram thing ... an option would be that with one or two address pins it would advance / retreat to next / previous address (or you could just write to current address) ..... Thinking about kids using it .. or non-computer-chip literate adults

Mike