Talk:Redstone circuits

Bat based RNGs
I was thinking of doing some further research into RNG circuits made with bats in minecarts, but wasn't sure where to put that information. obviously the premise is simple - have a bat in a minecart over some detector rails - but where should that information go? Firebastard 04:05, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Random number generators? They're currently in Redstone Circuits/Other. --Munin295 04:37, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I recall that being on this page and was wondering where it had gone. There should probably be a link to there somewhere on this page, perhaps alongside the advanced circuits page in the see also section. Firebastard 05:43, 25 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Randomizers (of which RNGs are a significant subset) are listed as a topic under "Other advanced circuits", and that section already includes a link to Redstone Circuits/Other. It is all the way at the bottom of the page, so it might be hard to find, but then again it's a much more obscure topic than the other circuits above it. I'll try to work the phrase "random number generator (RNG)" in there somewhere (sometime; or you can), since that is a phrase one might search for. --Munin295 06:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

More targeted tutorials
I'd like to see some plans for more complex but practical systems, such as:
 * You have a rail loop (that is, a station) with two exits. You want to be able to:
 * open the loop at either T junction with a button, but...
 * also have the loop re-closed when a new train comes in, so it doesn't just head onward to the next station. An alternative would be to have it stay open for a few seconds, long enough to feed a Powered Minecart and have it push two or three carts out of the station.

So far, I've managed to get a D flip-flop with a detector rail (on the far side of the loop :- going to the clock, and the button going to both the clock and the data. I had to put two extra repeaters protecting the clock line, and I'm still not sure why.  This sort of thing should be a "solved problem" by now, and I'm not wild about having to reinvent it. --Mental Mouse 16:58, 5 December 2012 (UTC)