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This page is the central documentation site for the Interactive Game of Life (IGoL) Kit from [http://evilmadscience.com/ Evil Mad Science].   
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This page is the central documentation site for the Interactive Game of Life Kit from [http://evilmadscience.com/ Evil Mad Science].   
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'''Important note:''' This documentation is still under construction-- expected completion: Week of 4/30/2012.
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'''Main details about the Game of Life Kit:'''
 
'''Main details about the Game of Life Kit:'''
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/igol Announcement article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
 
* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/igol Announcement article] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
* [http://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/477 Product page] at Evil Mad Scientist
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* [http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/477 Product page] at Evil Mad Science
  
  
'''Kit assembly and usage instructions:'''  
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'''Assembly and usage instructions:'''  
* The IGoL kit is an easy through-hole soldering kit. Our heavily-illustrated assembly guide walks you through the process.
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* The Game of Life kit is based on Octolively hardware; Please refer to the Octolively assembly instructions (hardware portion only):
:: (A) [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/igol/Life_instrux_1.0.pdf IGoL Manual]-- PDF version, 18 MB.  (Trouble Viewing? [[Downloading_PDFs|Please click here.]])  
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:: (A) [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/octolively/Octolively_instrux_1_0_a.pdf Octolively Guide]-- PDF version, 13 MB.  (Trouble Viewing? [[Downloading_PDFs|Please click here.]])  
:: (B) [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/igol/html2/index.html IGoL Manual]-- Page by page "HTML" Version
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:: (B) [http://cdn2.evilmadscience.com/KitInstrux/octolively/html/index.html Octolively Guide]-- Page by page "HTML" Version  
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* Additional Game of Life Kit specific instructions are coming soon -- expected completion: Week of 4/30/2012.
  
  
 
'''Open Source Hardware documentation:'''
 
'''Open Source Hardware documentation:'''
* IGoL is an open source hardware+software project.  The hardware designs are licensed under the [http://www.tapr.org/ohl.html TAPR OHL].
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* Octolively is an open source hardware+software project.  The hardware designs are licensed under the [http://www.tapr.org/ohl.html TAPR OHL].
* The IGoL kit is based on [[Octolively]] hardware.
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* The circuit board design is in [[GEDA_Resources|gEDA]].  Design files (.zip archive) [http://evilmadscientist.s3.amazonaws.com/source/octolively_refdesign.zip available here]
* The circuit board design is in [[GEDA_Resources|gEDA]].  Hardware design files are available on the main [[Octolively]] page.
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* Octolively circuit schematic alone available here: [http://evilmadscientist.s3.amazonaws.com/source/octolively_ref.pdf octolively_ref.pdf]
* Octolively circuit schematic alone available here: [http://evilmadscientist.s3.amazonaws.com/source/octolively/rev_B/octolively_ref.pdf octolively_ref.pdf]
 
 
* Source code repository: [http://github.com/oskay/Octolively Hosted at Github]  
 
* Source code repository: [http://github.com/oskay/Octolively Hosted at Github]  
  
 
'''Additional resources:'''
 
* The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life Wikipedia article] on Conway's Game of Life is an excellent general introduction to the subject.
 
* The Interactive Game of Life kit can be modified into an [[Octolively]]; please [[Octolively-IGoL_Conversion|see here]] for details.
 
  
  
'''Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:'''
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'''Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:'''  
* [https://www.evilmadscientist.com/forums/ Support forums] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
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* [http://www.evilmadscientist.com/forum/index.php Forum] at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
* See also: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131226044115/http://www2.evilmadscientist.com:80/forum/index.php?forum=13 Archived Forums], with older discussions
 
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/evilmadscience/ Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group] where you can share photos of your Octolively setups
 
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/evilmadscience/ Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group] where you can share photos of your Octolively setups

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