Octolively
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This page is the central documentation site for Octolively from Evil Mad Scientist.
Contents
Octolively Modules (ready to use)
Main details
- Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Buy Octolively Modules at Evil Mad Scientist
- Download Datasheet — PDF, 0.6 MB.
User guide:
- Ready to use Octolively Modules come fully assembled and tested. Just add power.
- Octolively User Guide— PDF, 6 MB. (Trouble Viewing? Please click here.)
Octolively Soldering Kits
Main details
- Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Buy Octolively Soldering Kits at Evil Mad Scientist
- Download Datasheet — PDF, 0.7 MB.
Assembly and usage instructions:
- Octolively soldering kit modules are easy through-hole soldering kits. Our heavily-illustrated assembly guide walks you through the process.
- (A) Octolively Assembly and Usage — PDF version, 13 MB. (Trouble Viewing? Please click here.)
- (B) Octolively Assembly and Usage — Page by page "HTML" Version
- Octolively User Guide (Only the usage guide part) — PDF, 6 MB. (Trouble Viewing? Please click here.)
Open Source Hardware documentation
Octolively is an open source hardware+software project. The hardware designs are licensed under the TAPR OHL.
Octolively hardware design (Ready to use modules):
- The circuit board design is in gEDA. Design files (.zip archive) available here
- Octolively schematic (ready-to-use version): octomt_a.pdf
- Bill of Materials (ready-to-use version)
Octolively hardware design (soldering kit version):
- The circuit board design is in gEDA. Design files (.zip archive) available here
- Octolively schematic (soldering kit version): octolively_ref.pdf
- Octolively Bill of Materials (soldering kit version)
Source code repository: Hosted at Github
Additional Resources
Conversion to Interactive Game of Life kits:
- Octolively kits and modules can be modified into Interactive Game of Life Kits, please see here for details.
Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:
- Forums at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group where you can share photos of your Octolively setups
