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These are the designs I tried that did '''not''' work. I preserve them here in the hopes that someone may learn from my mistakes. | These are the designs I tried that did '''not''' work. I preserve them here in the hopes that someone may learn from my mistakes. | ||
The goal was to invent a device that triggered a pressure plate in a regular cycle, with no time variability, and a period faster than the standard [[Repeater]], which sends an OPEN signal once every 302 steps and a CLOSE signal on the 201st step, plus a small and variable delay caused by the time the water takes to drain away from the pressure plate. | The goal was to invent a device that triggered a pressure plate in a regular cycle, with no time variability, and a period faster than the standard [[Repeater]], which sends an OPEN signal once every 302 steps and a CLOSE signal on the 201st step, plus a small and variable delay caused by the time the water takes to drain away from the pressure plate. | ||
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This was my first quick design for a door-based repeater: | This was my first quick design for a door-based repeater: | ||
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Little-known fact: pressure plates react instantly when their ON condition is met, but require 100 continuous steps of OFF conditions before sending an OFF signal. So the design above doesn't work as desired, because the red plate doesn't close the red door fast enough. | Little-known fact: pressure plates react instantly when their ON condition is met, but require 100 continuous steps of OFF conditions before sending an OFF signal. So the design above doesn't work as desired, because the red plate doesn't close the red door fast enough. | ||
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This was my second design, using a hatch, and requiring a drainage system: | This was my second design, using a hatch, and requiring a drainage system: | ||
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Actually, the fastest repeater I know of (and the easiest to set up) is "Pull the lever" on infinite repeat. I get about 1 pull every 5 or 6 steps with a perfectly agile dwarf, meaning one OPEN signal every 10-12 steps. Too bad it requires a dwarf. | Actually, the fastest repeater I know of (and the easiest to set up) is "Pull the lever" on infinite repeat. I get about 1 pull every 5 or 6 steps with a perfectly agile dwarf, meaning one OPEN signal every 10-12 steps. Too bad it requires a dwarf. | ||
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Testing, however, reveals that screw pumps remain active for exactly 50 steps after they lose power. Since the water can fall two squares within 50 steps, it gets pumped onto the pressure plate again, delaying the CLOSE signal by the time it took for the water to fall, which is variable. Back to the drawing board. | Testing, however, reveals that screw pumps remain active for exactly 50 steps after they lose power. Since the water can fall two squares within 50 steps, it gets pumped onto the pressure plate again, delaying the CLOSE signal by the time it took for the water to fall, which is variable. Back to the drawing board. | ||
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Fourth design: | Fourth design: | ||