User:MrFake/NStepCyclicRepeater

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

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*

█

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*

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█

*

█

...

█

█

%

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█

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█

%

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^

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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, though they add extra ticks for passing the water.

2-step Alternating Repeater

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