User:Hussell/ClockToggle

Clock Toggle

I don't know the proper name for this. Oh well.

█	█	█	█	█
█	█	█	>	█
≈	┼	^	█	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

≈ is a water source (preferably infinite)

┼ are doors controlled by the Clock input.

^ is a 0-6 pressure plate controlling door ┼.

> are downward stairways acting as unpressurized drains.

^, ^, ^, and ^ are 7-7 pressure plates controlling the doors of the same colors.

3 is 3/7 water.

This is what you get when you connect the output of a Data Flip-Flop back into its Data input. When the Clock input is connected to a Repeater, the output (^ and its inverse ^) toggle when and only when the clock sends an OPEN signal. If you connect several of these in sequence, you can create a counter that counts up or down. In short, a dwarven clock.

Note that if you build a repeater with two pressure plates, one triggering on high water and the other on low water, you can connect it directly to the ┼ and ┼ doors and get rid of that little inverter at the top. If you do this, you won't need any drainage anywhere in the system.

Clock CLOSED, Output CLOSED:

█	█	█	█	█
█	█	█	>	█
≈	┼	^	█	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	┼	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	7	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	2	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

Clock OPEN, Output OPEN:

█	█	█	█	█
█	█	█	>	█
≈	7	^	█	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	2	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	7	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	┼	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

Clock CLOSED, Output OPEN:

█	█	█	█	█
█	█	█	>	█
≈	┼	^	█	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	7	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	┼	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	2	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

Clock OPEN, Output OPEN:

█	█	█	█	█
█	█	█	>	█
≈	7	^	█	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	┼	2	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	┼	3	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	7	7	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

A variation requiring more digging, but fewer doors and mechanisms (and thus fewer jobs to set up), and assuming a repeater which provides an inverse output as well as its normal output:

█	█	█	█	█	█	█
█	█	.	┼	┼	^	█
≈	┼	.	█	█	█	█
█	█	.	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█	█
█	█	.	┼	┼	^	█
≈	┼	.	█	█	█	█
█	█	.	┼	┼	^	█
█	█	█	█	█	█	█

For reference, a two-plate repeater might look like this:

█	█	█	█	█	█
≈	╬	^	^	X	█
█	█	█	█	█	█

Where ^ is a 7-7 pressure plate controlling the one tile raising drawbridge ╬ and the flood gate X, and ^ is a 0-6 pressure plate acting as the inverse output.