Minecraft: Binary Encoder and Decoder
Recently, I updated an old tutorial and showed you how to make vertically stackable multi-AND gates. You can find that updated tutorial here: • Minecraft Tutorial: Stackable Multi-AND (U...
In this video, I show you one use for such a thing: binary encoding and decoding. Binary is at the heart of modern computers. While you may think your calculator is adding 3+5=8, it's really adding 011 + 101 = 1000. It's just smart enough to know that when you press 3, you mean 011, and when it outputs 1000, it should actually display an 8. How does it do that conversion?
Well, in Minecraft, there's a really simple way of doing it, and I show you how in this video. The decoding from binary to decimal, by the way, uses the multi-AND stack; it's all coming together now :D
If you want me to post a binary adder tutorial, I will; just let me know.