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− | The first two rows together form a 600 step repeater. The signal from the second row is fed into the third row, which, in theory, should act as a period doubler, making a 1200 step (daily?) repeater. If this system works, it may be possible to make a monthly repeater with about twice as many components as this. Without a period doubler, a monthly repeater of this type would require 28 times as many components as a daily repeater. | + | The first two rows together form a 600 step repeater. The signal from the second row is fed into the third row, which acts as a period doubler, making a 1200 step (daily!) repeater. I have an idea for a monthly repeater, using a 1000-step repeater doubled twice to 4000, delayed by 200 steps to 4200, then doubled another three times to 33600 steps (1 dwarf-month). The only bit I'm having trouble with is that extra 200 step delay in the middle. I'll put my design here when I have something which might work. |
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Credit for inspiration from MrFake, in An Advanced Repeater.
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^ and ^ are both 1-7 water plates linked to the gears of the same color. This time I've planned the necessary access doors and stairwells ahead of time instead of adding them haphazardly. Build order: upper pump, lower pump, gears, pressure plates.
The green pressure plate produces an OPEN signal exactly once every 200 steps (once 2 water have been put into the system). Tested and confirmed. Hopefully the base component in a dwarven clock that doesn't drift over time.
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