With a topic that harks back to computing science theory at university, user "tolleyw" has described how to create Arduino-powered nodes for a Distributed optical Harvard Architecture system. With two or more of these nodes "a small distributed computer can be implemented which uses one node for sending instructions, mimicking input and the instruction set to manage it, and another node which will act as memory".
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