GVCS Machine

Overview

A GVCS machine is part of the Global Village Construction Set. Examples are CEB Press or Tractor. Machines are composed of modules, and sometimes even incorporate other machines. For example, the Tractor includes one or more Power Cube.

The Global Village Construction Set
Habitat	CEB Press	Cement Mixer	Sawmill	Bulldozer	Backhoe
Agriculture	Tractor	Seeder	Hay Rake	Well-Drilling Rig
	Microtractor	Soil Pulverizer	Spader	Hay Cutter	Trencher
	Bakery Oven	Dairy Milker	Microcombine	Baler
Industry	Multimachine	Ironworker	Laser Cutter	Welder	Plasma Cutter
	CNC Torch Table	Metal Roller	Rod and Wire Mill	Press Forge	Universal Rotor
	3D Printer	3D Scanner	CNC Circuit Mill	Industrial Robot	Chipper Hammermill
	Drill Press	Induction Furnace
Energy	Power Cube	Gasifier Burner	Solar Concentrator	Electric Motor Generator	Hydraulic Motor
	Steam Engine	Heat Exchanger	Wind Turbine	Pelletizer	Universal Power Supply
	Nickel-Iron Battery
Materials	Aluminum Extractor	Bioplastic Extruder
Transportation	Car	Truck
Key	Design	Planning	Prototype	Almost done	Full Release

Definitions

The exact list of GVCS machines has evolved over time and is still subject to change. For example, while the MicroHouse and the Car are not GVCS machines in a strict sense (but products created by GVCS machines), they are treated as GVCS machines for historical and business-oriented reasons.

Documentation is found at different places for different target groups:

• Graphical list of 50 machines on our main website (Public)
• Hierarchical representation of machines/modules at dozuki: http://opensourceecology.dozuki.com/ (Public, Prototypers, Developers)
• Wiki internal list of GVCS machines and their breakdown into modules - GVCS Machines and Modules and GVCS State of Completion (Prototypers, Developers)

The master reference for GVCS machines and names is the GoogleDoc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkNG-lv1ELQvdGYycGFSMjYtODlZcFROcHZ2NjBwNEE&usp=drive_web#gid=3 as included in GVCS State of Completion.

As of 2015-01-30, the idea is to keep the wiki slightly unstructured and visualize the hierarchical structure of machines/modules in dozuki. This process is in progress.

Warning: As of 2015-01-30, all three data sources are different (different names or sets). Also, the following list is not up-to-date.

Resolve naming inconsistencies

TODO: replace this section by naming conventions when done

General points

• We need consistent names for the machines over all databases and communication channels.
• Proposal: Introduce a fixed numbers for each machine (e.g. "GVCS Machine #001: CEB Press") which allows identification when the name changes. This seems to happen a lot during development (e.g. LifeTrac, The Liberator).

Details (UPPERCASE is name from GoogleDocs, MixedCase from OSE website)

• IRONWORKER vs. Ironworker Machine
• CNC TORCH TABLE vs. CNC Torch/Router Table
• SOIL PULVERIZER vs.Rototiller and Soil Pulverizer
• SOLAR CONCENTRATOR vs. Linear Solar Concentrator
• WIND TURBINE vs. 50 kW Wind Turbine -- Proposal: Do not put technical specs into machine names
• ALUMINUM EXTRACTOR vs. Aluminium Extractor from Clay
• CHIPPER + HAMMERMILL vs. Chipper/Hammermill
• ELECTRIC MOTOR + GENERATOR vs. Electric Motor/Generator
• NICKEL IRON BATTERIES is consistent, but why a plural? -- Proposal: Use singular everywhere
• Why do some machines have "Open Source" or "machine" in their names? Aren't all machines supposed to be open source? Can we just strip that?
• The reference document should use MixedCase to make the correct spelling visible (e.g. MicroHouse). Who can edit that document?

Hierarchical design

The hierarchical design of machines/modules can be visualized as follows.

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Naming and identification

See main article Naming and Identification.

Example for module naming/versioning:

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