Here is am image of this mechanism in the prototype clock, it is located on the highest level behind the face.
This is a part of the mechanism that requires significant improvement as i am sure there is a simpler way to accomplish this function. this has the effect of delivering 1 pulse for every 2 pulses received. To do this first i put in a pulse limiter, then i attach that to a t-flip flop i use as a toggle, and then finally that gets fed into another pulse limiter. So only when the glowstone reaches the 12 position, it sends a pulse through this output.īecause the middle loop needs to move a position once every 2 minutes, i need the output pulse from the redstone at the top of the outer loop (which occurs once every 60 seconds) to move the middle loop once every 2 pulses. Glass has the ability of not conducting the signal through the redstone torch shown in the image above. (that red torch can be seen at the top of the clock face in the above images)Įvery block in the loop is replaced with glass except for once piece of glowstone. View from the backside of the top of the outer ring.
#Cool clock tower minecraft full
Now that we have our working loop of blocks which complete one full rotation of the loop every 60 seconds, here is the design for the mechanism which times the middle, 1 hour loop. I also like to make it so that the repeater right before the pistons are set to 1 tick (compensating with a 2 tick behind it if necessarily and I never like to use anything above 2 ticks in any single repeater in the configuration. 5 seconds later, doing the same to the horizontal pistons which have a newly freed space in front of them. The horizontal pistons fire first, all pushing blocks into open spaces in front of the vertical pistons, then the vertical pistons fire. What this accomplishes is a two stroke movement system, capable of moving every block once in a loop of any shape or size. 5 seconds is to allow for signal extension). 5 seconds of delay from the 1 second timer and each piston facing vertically receives 1 full second of delay from the 1 second timer (the reason why it's not done at 0 delay and. Every piston which points horizontally in the 60 block loop receives. In order to consistently move blocks one per second without misfiring the timing for the pistons must be done correctly (there are 3 timing configurations i know of but i will only be explaining the one i use which happens to work the best and be the fastest). In the 60 block loop there are a total of 20 pistons, 10 pointing horizontally and 10 pointing vertically. It is also the place where you power the device on and off. This one second timer in the heart of the mechanism is what powers the one second piston loop (aka the one second piston hand) and through that regulates the entire mechanism. It works perfectly and keeps perfect time, losing 0 seconds over period of 5 hours which i had it running for, and here's how it works:
Here is that clock face and here is how it works: (keep in mind this is a very rough prototype i fiddled with in order to get working thanks to my shoddy construction habits) since it has 12 positions it does one full rotation every 12 hours. It moves one position every hour and represents the hour hand of the clock face. The inner 12 position ring is triggered by one full rotation of the middle 30 block ring. Since it has 30 positions, it does a full rotation of its blocks once per hour. Once every two complete rotations of the outer ring, the middle 30 block ring is triggered, meaning that it gets moved once every 120 seconds, or 2 minutes. The jist of the clock face is that the outer ring does a full rotation of its blocks once every 60 seconds, moving blocks once every second through 60 positions. The first ring is the largest and contains 60 blocks, the second ring is smaller ad fits inside the 60 block ring, it is has 30 blocks total, and the smallest ring fits inside the the 30 block ring and contains a total of 12 blocks. Using pistons, I have constructed 3 rings of blocks. I have developed a working prototype and would like to share what i have learned so far And by clock, i mean an old school Big Ben style clock tower complete with seconds, minutes, and hours. I have come up with what i hope will soon be a really cool clock/timing system.
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