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General n-step Cyclic Repeater

Allows for cyclic pressure plate-based switching and deterministic timing using a robust repeater, for any n>1.

Layout

Side View

1 2 3

█ * █ █ * █ █ * █

... █ █ % > █ % > █ % > █ ...

^ █ █ ^ █ █ ^ █ █

Legend

`%`	`>`	pump outputting to the right
`^`		pressure plate
`*`		gear assembly supplying power
`█`		wall

Description

Plate 1 (just left of pump 1) is connected to gear 2. Plate 2 is connected to gear 3 and so on, wrapping around from the beginning to create a cycle--in the layout above, plate 3 is shown connected back to gear 1. Plate i in an n-step repeater is connected to gear (i mod n)+1.

This allows for a sequential repeater with any n steps, where n is an integer greater than 1.

Examples

Legend

`%`	`-`	pump outputting to the right
`^`		pressure plate
`█`		channel with no plate
`█`		wall

4-step cyclic repeater

Top Down View

`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`%`	`-`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`\|`	`█`	`█`	`%`	`█`
`█`	`%`	`█`	`█`	`\|`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`-`	`%`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`

6-step cyclic repeater

Top Down View

`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`%`	`-`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`\|`	`█`	`█`	`%`	`█`
`█`	`%`	`█`	`█`	`\|`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`█`	`█`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`\|`	`█`	`█`	`%`	`█`
`█`	`%`	`█`	`█`	`\|`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`-`	`%`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`

3-step cyclic repeater

`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`%`	`-`	`^`	`█`
`█`	`\|`	`█`	`█`	`%`	`█`
`█`	`%`	`█`	`█`	`\|`	`█`
`█`	`^`	`-`	`%`	`█`	`█`
`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`	`█`

The bottom right channel has no plate, so the left pump just passes the water. Thus, odd steps are allowed.

2-step Alternating Repeater

See here for this special case using a double-pump stack design.

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−	The bottom right channel has no plate, so the left pump just passes the water. Thus, odd steps are allowed~~, though they add extra ticks for passing the water~~.	+	The bottom right channel has no plate, so the left pump just passes the water. Thus, odd steps are allowed.