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For periodic pulses (as from clock circuits), an oscilloscope should be at least as long as the clock period (both the on and off parts of the pulse).Īn oscilloscope can be frozen to aid reading by:

#Pulse bitcraft plus#

An oscilloscope should be constructed to be at least as long as the expected pulse, plus a few extra repeaters (the more repeaters, the easier it will be to time capturing a pulse). When building circuits, it can sometimes be helpful to observe the pulses being produced to confirm their duration or spacing.Īn oscilloscope allows you to watch pulses as they move through the repeaters.Ī pulse can be measured with 1-tick precision with an oscilloscope (see schematic, right).Īn oscilloscope simply consists of a line of 1-tick repeaters (aka a 'racetrack'). A redstone torch cannot be deactivated by a pulse shorter than 1.5 ticks.A redstone repeater will increase the length of pulses which are shorter than its delay to match its delay (for example, a 4-tick repeater will change any pulse shorter than 4 ticks into a 4-tick pulse).A redstone lamp cannot be deactivated by an off-pulse shorter than 2 ticks.A redstone comparator will not transmit a half-tick pulse, only pulses with durations of 1 tick or more.

This can cause sticky pistons to 'drop' their block – they push a block and then return to their retracted state without pulling it back. If the activation pulse ends before this (because it's only 0.5 ticks or 1 tick long), the piston or sticky piston will 'abort' – it will place the pushed blocks at their pushed position and return to its retracted state instantly.

A piston or sticky piston usually takes 1.5 ticks to extend.

Some redstone components react differently to short pulses: The falling edge of a pulse is when the power turns off – the end of an on-pulse or the beginning of an off-pulse.

The rising edge of a pulse is when the power turns on – the beginning of an on-pulse or the end of an off-pulse. Short pulses are described in redstone ticks (for example, a '3-tick pulse' for a pulse that turns off 0.3 seconds after it turns on) while longer pulses are measured in any convenient unit of time (for example, a '3-second pulse'). The pulse length of a pulse is how long it lasts. On-pulses are usually just called 'pulses' unless there is a need to differentiate them from off-pulses.Īn off-pulse is when a redstone signal turns off, then on again. A pulse is a temporary change in redstone power that eventually reverts to its original state.Īn on-pulse is when a redstone signal turns on, then off again.