Definitions

@@ -138,3 +138,16 @@ Every wiki page is built from these pillars (each is a tab on the page and a ver | **Y-up** | The OTHER up. ~30% of the industry ships chip STEP files Y-up (the rest Z-up) — it's weird out there. Detect and recover the true up-axis on import (chipsmith does this) rather than trusting the file; a Y-up part rendered as Z-up lies on its side. | | **KiCad Y flip** | KiCad Y points down; negate Y converting to Adom 3D. | | **GLB 1000x scale** | glTF is meters, Adom is mm — GLB models scale 1000x; overlay positions multiply by 1000. |++## Adom Hardware++| Term | Definition |+|------|-----------|+| **Workcell** | The largest unit in the Adom world. Standardized robotic enclosure where prototypes are physically assembled, tested, and iterated. Each workcell provides a controlled environment with integrated tools, sensors, and robotic manipulation capabilities accessible remotely through Adom's platform. There are several types of internal and user-facing workcells. |+| **User Workcell** | A workcell meant to be frequently accessed and driven by users of Adom. |+| **Base Scaffold** | The foundation for any project sitting in a workcell — every user workcell is built around it. An aluminum plate with a 576 mm x 576 mm working area. The working area is a structural PCB layer over the base scaffold that provides an insulated surface and mechanical connection points. Base scaffolds can be inserted into and removed from various workcells, letting a project undergo different functions in different workcells. |+| **Molecule** | Small, functional unit in the Adom system — assembled on scaffolds, wired, and tested in workcells. Most (but not all) molecules are an electrical component or circuit, wired together and to the Control Panel. Some are electromechanical, and some have no electronics but interact with a project in other ways (e.g. with sensors). Molecules are designed with Adom's machine pin and contacts as described in the molecule design guide. |+| **Scaffold** | Medium unit — a structural molecule on which several other molecules can be assembled. |+| **Machine Pin** (short: **m pin** / **mpin**) | Metal pin, often in the corners of molecules, that allows automated mechanical manipulation and assembly. Can also serve as an electrical connection for the molecule. Large machine pins are spaced at a minimum pitch of 4 mm; Medium machine pins at a minimum pitch of 2 mm. |+| **Contact** | Small metal flexure serving as the female side of an electrical connection for molecules. Used to break out any pins/signals to wire molecules together — bare wire and machine pin tails can be inserted into contacts for a connection. Comes in Large and Medium varieties, analogous to and sharing the same spacing as their respective machine pins. |+| **Control Panel** | The electrical bridge from the base scaffold to the workcell. All wiring a user wants to provide to and access in their project runs through the control panel. It has two parts: one permanently attached to the workcell, and one permanently attached to a given base scaffold — so wiring is preserved while moving the base scaffold between workcells. |