[Cataclsym] - Wiring & Logic System

[LambdaSix]

Summary

Implement an API framework for connecting appropriately configured entities via a wiring network.

Intent

Aside from the obvious notion of transferring energy between furniture entities to create localised power networks, the API should be a more general method of transferring data between connected entities.

Power networks are a specialised sub-type of data transfer, where the data is a current charge level available to the network, which consumers reporting back their consumption level, providers are responsible for tracking consumption across the network and either reducing their internal charge level (Batteries) or instituting a max request level (variable generators) - cables are either assumed to be heavy duty or unable to suffer short circuits.

This also provides the base level API for logic networks, where the data transfer is a 32bit encoded mask or logic signal construct. This also allows for things like gates where the gate pulley is connected to the gate and issues a data signal indicating the gate should open.

Once the initial framework for connections and data transfer is in place, adding specialised items for doing logic operations on network contents would be the next step.