User:MrFake - Revision history

MrFake at 18:19, 7 December 2009

2009-12-07T18:19:25Z

MrFake at 05:38, 7 December 2009

2009-12-07T05:38:06Z

MrFake at 03:32, 7 December 2009

2009-12-07T03:32:49Z

MrFake: Replaced content with '== Technologies of Swordbaldness ==

[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:MrFake/TwoStepAlternatingRepeater 2-step Alternating Repeater]
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2009-12-07T02:30:34Z

Replaced content with '== Technologies of Swordbaldness == <ul> <li>[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:MrFake/TwoStepAlternatingRepeater 2-step Alternating Repeater] </ul>'

MrFake: Created page with '== The 2-step Double-Pump Repeater == === Layout: === Side View {| style="border-spacing: 0" |- |{{000}} |{{000}} |{{RT0|<|#FF0}} |{{RT0|%|#FF0}} |{{000}} |{{000}} |- |{{CCC}}…'

2009-12-07T02:25:02Z

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== The 2-step Double-Pump Repeater ==

=== Layout: ===

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=== Description: ===

Both pumps are on floors (not transmitting power), each has a gear assembly connected to it. The left plate connects to the top gear. The right plate connects to the bottom gear. Both plates are set for 6/7-7/7 water. One tile full of water is poured into one side. Lastly, power is applied to both gears. If the water starts on the left side:

<ol>
<li> Left plate is active, top gear is disengaged, top pump is off
<li> Right plate is inactive, bottom gear is engaged, bottom pump on
<li> Water pumps to the right
<li> Bottom pump off
<li> In 100 steps, top pump turns on
<li> Water pumps to the left
<li> Top pump off
<li> In 100 steps, bottom pump turns on
<li> Repeat at step (3)
</ol>

=== Advantages: ===

<ul>
<li> Always a single tile of water, so no flowing or sloshing
<li> Preserves water and doesn't need a water source
<li> Never breaks the cycle*
<li> Two switches provide an alternating, repeating trigger with no extra machinery
<li> Compact design
<li> Easily extensible base design (see user [http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:Hussell/ClockRepeater Hussell's] extension, or the general case n-step repeater)
</ul>

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Not rigorously tested, but theoretically it can't break.

=== Disadvantages: ===

<ul>
<li> For bridges and floodgates, opening/closing always occurs roughly 200 steps apart (i.e. slow)
<li> For short-trigger devices, device appears to be always active **
<li> Requires power (30+)
<li> Takes a bit of time to build (multiple levels and fill with water)
<li> Requires a minimum of 8 mechanisms, and up to 15+ is easily possible
</ul>

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Only tested with a door connected to the right plate: the door never closed. It may work better given the right build order. Also, connecting the door (or any short-trigger device) to the left switch could produce better results.

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 <ul>
 <li>Casimir Power Generator
-<li>[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:MrFake/TwoStepAlternatingRepeater 2-step Alternating Repeater]
+<li>[[User:MrFake/TwoStepAlternatingRepeater|2-step Alternating Repeater]]
-<li>[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:MrFake/NStepCyclicRepeater ''n''-step Cyclic Repeater]
+<li>[[User:MrFake/NStepCyclicRepeater|''n''-step Cyclic Repeater]]
 <li>Pressure Plate On/Off Switch
 <li>Aquifer Breach System
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 <ul>
-<li>[http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/User:MrFake/Dastroder/Stories#KubukNebelkubuk Standing Firm: The Heroism of Kûbuk Nebélkûbuk]
+<li>[[User:MrFake/Dastroder/Stories#KubukNebelkubuk|Standing Firm: The Heroism of Kûbuk Nebélkûbuk]]
 </ul>
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