Aray Copiers

  • stoverton
    16th Dec 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    can some one explain how a aray copier works. i dont undertand how it knows where the Insulated wire is then how it can pinpoint the bray to that spot. thanks im looking for some info on this and hope to build it myself :D.

  • Pilihp64
    16th Dec 2012 Developer 0 Permalink

    When two ARAY beams meet, the second one usually gets stopped and a long lasting BRAY particle is made.

    ARAY beams also can pass through various materials (INWR, on SWCH, WIFI, FILT), meaning that the second beam doesn't actually touch the first because it is INWR, so it passes through which can be detected.

    I made the copier slowly, here are some old versions.

     

    You can watch the early ones frame by frame ('f' key) to see what is going on a bit better.

    Red bray (ARAY+PSCN) deletes all other brays and lasts two frames, which is very needed to clear the long lasting (1000 frames) BRAY from the top part.  Normal beams last 30 frames and to make it even faster needed to be cleared as well without deleting the copied BRAY, which is what I use SWCH bars for.

  • stoverton
    16th Dec 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @cracker64 (View Post)

     Hey thanks so much just one question.(i may be missing the point) but you said 

    cracker64:

    When two ARAY beams meet, the second one usually gets stopped and a long lasting BRAY particle is made.

    ARAY beams also can pass through various materials (INWR, on SWCH, WIFI, FILT), meaning that the second beam doesn't actually touch the first because it is INWR, so it passes through which can be detected.

     

    how are they detected because when i look at some of yours i dont understand how the "machine" retrives the data that a INWR is there. if you understand what im saying :D. like could you give me a step through of how its retrived as if your talking to a dummy(:P dont say i dont have to pretend :P) like this current flows here then that then that? thanks so much for the help :D

     

    EDIT: OMG I SEE IT!! So the arays send current to the wifi and which ever ones dont have current they dont make a bray. i think im on the right track but i still need help :D

     

  • Pilihp64
    16th Dec 2012 Developer 0 Permalink

    @stoverton (View Post)

    Yes, those first two saves will send data to the wifi, I removed the wifi for later versions because it was not needed and taking tons of wifi channels, and instead made it collide just below.  The two published versions (105749, normal and 875764, double speed) do the reading, writing, and clearing in a single frame, and can be hard to follow if you don't know what is happening.  Everything else is just for timing/speed.