MC0020

Random Bit (Self-Triggering)
About
ID	MC0020
Type	AISO
Self-Triggering	Yes
Clickable	No
Input	Any
Output	Single
Sign Format
First line	RANDOM BIT
Second line	[MC0020]
Third line	(MinOutputs:(MaxOutputs))
Craftbook Page

MC0020 is a Craftbook IC that randomly activates a number of output terminals while input is high.

Due to this IC only having a single output, the effective output terminal range is limited from 0 to 1.

This variant is self-triggering. The non self-triggering variant is MC1020.

Details

• Second Line
  • [MC0020]
• Third Line
  • (MinOutputs:(MaxOutputs)) - (MinOutputs optional; defaults to 0), (MaxOutputs optional; defaults to 1)
  • MinOutputs specifies the minimum number of output terminals that will be activated.
  • MaxOutputs specifies the maximum number of output terminals that will be activated.
  • Both values must be whole integers between 0 and the number of available output terminals.
  • MinOutputs cannot exceed MaxOutputs.

While input is high, the IC randomly determines how many output terminals to activate, selecting a number between MinOutputs and MaxOutputs (inclusive). The rate at which it does this is possibly at 1 tick per determination but it could be faster (requires verification).

The selected number of outputs will then be randomly distributed among the available output terminals. All remaining output terminals will be deactivated.

If only one value is provided on the third line, it will be interpreted as MaxOutputs, with MinOutputs defaulting to 0.

The range of MaxOutputs and MinOutputs is 0 to 1 for this specific IC, due to only having one available output terminal. While not particularly useful for this IC, as well as it's sister IC MC1020, this is the same implementation used in the other random bit ICs like MC2020 and MC6020, of which have multiple output terminals available.

Examples

Basic setup

line1:
line2: [MC0020]
line3:
line4:

Randomly activates any number of output terminals, from none to all available outputs.

Maximum outputs setup

line1:
line2: [MC0020]
line3: 1
line4:

Randomly activates between 0 and 1 output terminals (effectively the same as the basic setup).

If 0 is used instead, no output can be given and it will be stuck on low output.

Minimum and maximum outputs setup

line1:
line2: [MC0020]
line3: 0:1
line4:

Randomly activates between 0 and 1 output terminals (again, effectively the same as the basic setup).

If 0:0 is used instead, no output can be given and it will be stuck on low output.

If 1:1 is used instead, the output will get stuck on high.

See Also

• MC1020 - Random Bit
• MC2020 - Random 3-Bit
• MC6020 - Random 5-Bit