Octolively

This page is the central documentation site for Octolively from Evil Mad Scientist.

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)
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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:

• Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group where you can share photos of your Octolively setups