Beehive stopper
A beehive stopper is a Spartan logic circuit discovered by Tanner Jacobi on May 12, 2015.[1] It converts an input glider signal into a beehive, in such a way that the beehive can cleanly absorb a single glider from a perpendicular glider stream. The circuit can't be re-used until the beehive "bit" is cleared by the passage of at least one perpendicular input.
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||||
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| Conduit type | Stable | ||||||||
| Input | glider | ||||||||
| Output | beehive | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 31 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 25×16 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Tanner Jacobi | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2015 | ||||||||
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This term has sometimes been used for the beehive catalyst variant of SW-2, which uses a beehive to stop a Herschel -- and also for Paul Callahan's larger glider stopper, which also provides optional 0-degree and 180-degree glider outputs.
References
- Tanner Jacobi (May 13, 2015). Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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