User:Simons Mith/Trivial Redstone

Using redstone can be highly daunting for a beginner. But there still some simple things you can do with redstone, pressure plates, levers and so on that even a novice can manage. The trick is to start with the simple stuff, and then make more elaborate things once you've had some practice.

For example, if you want a door that automatically opens and closes as you go through it all you need is a pressure plate and a door, as in figure 1.



Similarly, if all you want is a switchable light, a glowstone lamp plus a lever is sufficient. (Fig. 2)



A dispenser with a bucket of water in it and a button nearby makes a tap. Press the button once to turn the water on, again to turn it off. (Fig. 3)



Later on, you can make things more sophisticated by running wires from one place to another, linking several powered items together, and so forth, but the most basic redstone circuits are well within anyone's capabilities.