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June 13, 2026Open Access

Clockwork Electronics (CE): A Universal Modular Hardware Paradigm Based on State‑Driven Functional Emergence

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RWRob Snoek-van Wienen

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Overview

Generative hardware paradigm demonstrates functional behavior emergence in modular systems, suggesting new design approaches.

Key Points

  • This work aims to explore a modular hardware paradigm where functions emerge from systems of identical modules.
  • Formalized module architecture and interaction rules within Clockwork Electronics.
  • Operationalized the Unified Generative Systems Framework by implementing hardware-level designs.
  • Explored dynamics of emergent functional domains and state-driven generativity.
  • Demonstrated that hardware functionality can emerge from state-driven generativity.
  • Enabled development of elastic compute fabrics and adaptive sensory materials.
  • Showed potential for self-organizing architectures and catalytic surfaces.

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Rob Snoek-van Wienen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf688faef96ed7f05836dhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20644842
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