A little Geek Speak: A Bit (binary digit) is the smallest unit of data that a computer can process and store. A Bit is always in one of two physical states, similar to an on/off light switch. The state is represented by a single binary value, usually a 0 or 1. However, the state might also be represented by yes/no, on/off or true/false or, as in our case, black Technic pin/no black Technic pin.
The Programing Wheel consists out of 32 rows where we can attach 8 pins on each. This makes a total of 32 x 8 = 256 pins which is 256 Bits.
As you know that 1 Byte stores 8 Bits, we can conclude that the Programming Wheel holds 256 / 8 = 32 Bytes.
To put things in perspective.
– Popular 3.5 inch Floppy Disk (Saving icon) holds 1.474.560 Bytes
– 1 GB USB Stick holds 1.000.000.000 Bytes 
– 4 minute song is 44,336,000 Bytes
Our Programming Wheel is by today’s standard not the most efficient way to save data but it is for sure the coolest ;)
On our latest GBC 53 Marble Music Machine you need to program the songs by hand using the black LEGO Technic pins. You can create any song you want.
What song would like to make?
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- GBC 53 Music Marble Machine – 42146 Building Instructions
