Integrated Dynamics: Logic Networks and Automation
Integrated Dynamics is an automation mod built around constructing networks for complex logic and system integration. This guide covers the concept and how to begin.
What the mod is
Integrated Dynamics is a mix of bundled redstone, logic gates and Applied Energistics-style networks. Instead of individual machines, you build a network of cables and parts that read, compute and act on information — a programmable layer over your base.
Building a network
You connect logic cables and attach parts that read values from the world (an inventory's contents, a machine's state) and parts that act on them. Variables and operators let you combine those readings into logic — comparisons, math and conditions — to drive redstone, displays and transfers, so your base reacts intelligently rather than with fixed timings.
Addons and scope
The system extends through official addons: Integrated Tunnels transfers items, fluids and energy; Integrated Crafting adds autocrafting; Integrated Terminals gives an overview and control of your network; and Integrated Scripting allows scripts for complex operations. Integrated Dynamics rewards a logical mindset — start with simple readouts, then build toward fully automated, condition-driven systems.
The processing machines on each version
Both builds carry the full processing side of the mod: the 
Squeezer, the 
Mechanical Squeezer, the 
Drying Basin and the 
Mechanical Drying Basin. The drying machines are the same on both, 27 recipes in the Drying Basin and 29 in the Mechanical Drying Basin. The squeezers grew a lot on 1.21.1: the Squeezer handles 75 recipes there against 14 on 1.20.1, and the Mechanical Squeezer 79 against 16. Most of the new entries on 1.21.1 are convenience recipes: flowers pressed into dye, ores cracked open for their raw ore or gem, and stone ground down to gravel and sand.
What is the same
Crafting is identical at 73 recipes, along with stonecutting (7), smelting (2) and blasting (2). The logic and cabling side of the mod, which is what it is known for, is unaffected.
The scale
59 pages across 43 blocks and 16 items. Small in content, large in what you can build with it — the mod's depth is in combining its blocks rather than in the number of them.
Practical advice
Build a Squeezer early: it is the cheapest way into Menril Resin and the other liquids the mod runs on, and on 1.21.1 it also doubles as an ore processor. Move to the mechanical versions once you have power, since they run on their own instead of waiting for you to jump on the press.