Electronics
Electronics are a gateway technology leading to computers.
- They enable and make possible advanced, pre-intelligent machinery and devices.
Description (Specifications)
No information yet available.
Specialized Uses
Many kinds of specialized electronics exist including:
- Astronics, specialized for interstellar navigational calculations and operation through the vacuum. Astronics are usually implemented in the form of an Astrogation Computer, often simply called a navigation computer.
- Avionics, specialized for aircraft operation within a gaseous atmosphere. Avionics are usually implemented in the form of a Flight Computer.
Moore's Law
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
Information Technology, computers, and electronics are foundational technologies for Charted Space. Technologists and Educational Institute officers generally group these developments into technological epochs and periods.
Technological Overview of Electronics
- Analogue Electronics → Macroelectronics (Conventional Electronics) → Microelectronics → Myelotronics → Nanotronics → Pyschotronics
Electronics Generations:
- Analogue Electronics
- Macroelectronics (Conventional Electronics)
- Microelectronics
- Myelotronics
- Nanotronics
- Pyschotronics
Technological Stages of Electronic Devlopment
Calculative Period
TL:7-9:
Workable electronics are generally become available in the TL:7-9 epoch. Very limited electronics and simple circuits may become available earlier, but are rarely able to mainstream into consumer and military goods.
Bright Period
TL:10-12:
The computers of this area revolutionize society allowing smart devices, intelligent city controllers, and mainstreamed interstellar travel: Jumpliners.
TL:13-15:
Cutting edge electronics at the TL:13-15 are often unrecognizable to earlier peoples. They often make use of subatomic microelectronic components, dedicated nanotechnology, or even organic components or biotech. Many scientists and futorologists assume that the trend of paradigmatic change will hold and the future kinds of electronics in advanced artifacts may be near unrecognizable to TL:13-15 societies.
TL:16-18:
Current research into the Hop Drive will undoubtedly yield new kinds of Ship's Computers and vastly improved capabilities for FTL transportation. Current technologists and futurists are anticipating a paradigm change.
Brilliant Period
TL:19-27:
Some Imperial scientists have quietly made the observation that psionic science may underlay future societal and technological developments. True Artificial Intelligence is another widely anticipated factor.
Beyond Brilliance
No information yet available.
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