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Card 682 of 9992026-09-09 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-09

Presence Controls, a Bare-Metal Control System

presencecontrols.com Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An in-progress industrial control project built around a custom 80 KB kernel, a small language called Copper, and machine actions that report what happened—or why they could not.

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The project separates control into a custom kernel, a microcontroller-level loop, and a serial-line watcher that supplies bounded values without directly operating machinery. Copper routines use eight registers and about thirty operations, with a fuel rule governing whether work continues; the page gives a high-high interlock example that reads its own float switch, latches a trip, and shuts off a pump. The author states that the system is not safety-certified and is not for sale at this stage.

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ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use
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