Suggesting new wall type

  • Aizria
    2nd Aug 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    I would like to propose that a new type of wall be added to PT that is closed to particles untill charged with electricity once and then stays open untill charged again.
  • lolzy
    2nd Aug 2010 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    Like a switch then?
  • ief015
    2nd Aug 2010 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    e-wall + some fiddling around with circuitry.
  • lolzy
    2nd Aug 2010 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    I was just thinking how to make that.
  • bchandark
    2nd Aug 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Like lolzy said, just a on/off switch. Maybe you could use PTCT and just one wire so after it's sparked once, it'll go to the off switch, instead of using two wires. Am I making sense..? Hold on, I'll do what I'm talking about and upload it.
  • lolzy
    2nd Aug 2010 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    Put the link here afterwards.
  • Aizria
    2nd Aug 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    I mean, like e-wall except after you zap it, it stays open untill you zap it again. I was trying to think of a way to do this currently in PT and couldn't think of a good way.
  • lolzy
    2nd Aug 2010 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    So yes, like a switch.
  • Aizria
    2nd Aug 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Sorry, yeah. Like a switch for particles.
  • bchandark
    2nd Aug 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Right. So I kinda did it, but it's way too big (4 logic gates right now). My OCD compels me to make wires the width of four pixels..so I guess you could cut down there too. Finally, three of my logic gates use the old system, and not semiconductors. If you used semiconductors for those, you could make it smaller.

    The thing is, it only works once, which means after you switch the e-wall on and off, you can't do turn it back on again. I can probably fix this, but it'll be later or even tomorrow.

    I'm sure there's a much better way to do this but I probably can't.
    Anyway, here's the link.
    http://powder.hardwired.org.uk/View.html?ID=5417

    And thanks for the challenge!