Hypergryph and GRYPHLINE accept ‘Arknights: EndfieldA user has appeared who has achieved PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control, which is sometimes used in actual power control, in integrated industrial systems.
“Arknights: Endfield” is a new game by Hypergryph that is a careful take on “Arknights.” Talos’ satellite “Talo II”. The player takes on the role of a legendary being called the “Manager” of Endfield Industries, and continues to weave a story on this planet where he is exposed to various prejudices. In addition to strategic combat, the game also features the “Assembly Industrial System,” an element similar to a factory automation sim.
A video has been posted on bilibili that shows the implementation of PWM control regarding the integrated industrial system, and it has become a hot topic. PWM (pulse width modulation) control is a control method that uses semiconductors to control the output power. For control, a pulse wave with two states, ON and OFF, is used. Output can be controlled by adjusting the ratio of ON time (duty ratio) in one cycle of this pulse wave.
These specialized techniques are now being utilized in the integrated industrial system of this work. Bilibili user Shinsenza said on January 31st,movieBased on uiui122’s idea, it seems that PWM control was applied to the power generation mechanism using a small-capacity Wuling battery.
In Wuling, new items and materials have appeared in this work, unlike Yoretsu No. 4 Yachi. Along with this, the batteries used to operate each facility in the integrated industrial system will also be changed from the “Yachi Battery” to the “Wuling Battery.” The Yachi battery has a large capacity and can generate 1,100 liters of power, while the Wuling battery has a small capacity but can generate 1,600 liters of power.
If this Wuling battery is directly fed into a generator, surplus power may be generated compared to the input amount. Furthermore, if you want to secure Wuling batteries as a trading product for regional construction, you may want to adjust the power supply in anticipation of a line that does not consume too much battery power and will not run out of power.
In this work, the items being carried out by the Kyodo Genkai flow on the conveyor belt at a rate of one item every two seconds. In addition, the small capacity Wuling battery provides 1600 kW of power for 40 seconds. If the battery for this purpose is calculated as “1600 electric energy”, if it is fed into a nuclear thermal belt conveyor generator, theoretically it can be considered to supply 1/2 x 1600 x 40 = 32000 electric energy per unit time. Mr. Shinsenza’s mechanism seems to be designed to adjust the supply amount by “slowing down” this supply line using a flow divider.
Currently, the system that Shinsenza has prepared allows the amount of electricity to be adjusted within the range of 800 to 4,095. For adjustment, first, the amount of batteries transported from the core of the agreement was halved to 16,000 by using a shunt. After that, the number is further limited by placing multiple flow dividers.
Once adjusted, the desired amount of power generation is converted into a 12-bit binary number. Then, depending on the binary number 1/0, the merger placed in the second row from the stage number is changed to a belt bridge for the digit where 1 is entered, and the battery flows into the merger in the third row. Each time the battery runs out, the period will be halved, so by adjusting each row, you can adjust the number of times the battery will flow. By adjusting in this way, the remaining power supply is limited as much as possible, unlike simply draining the battery.
With the introduction of “PWM control” this time, the power amount control technology used in reality has been realized in “Arknights: End Field”. The ingenuity was attracting attention (related article). This time’s PWM control continues in that it realizes “logistics control” rather than space saving. There seems to be no end to users’ research into integrated industrial systems, and future developments will continue to attract attention.
“Arknights: Endfield” is available on PC (Official website/epic game store)/PS5/iOS/androidIt is being distributed for free for basic play.
[UPDATE 2026/2/5 16:10]
Changed the article title and the description of “logic circuit” used in the article to make it more realistic.