Glider stopper
A glider stopper is a Spartan logic circuit discovered by Paul Callahan in 1996. It allows a glider signal to pass through the circuit, leaving behind a beehive that can cleanly absorb a single glider from a perpendicular glider stream. Two optional glider outputs are also shown. The circuit can't be re-used until the beehive "bit" is cleared by the passage of at least one perpendicular input. The mechanism is related to the original Herschel receiver: replacing the east eater 1 with a pair of blocks produces an R-pentomino that is compatible with a following RF28B or RF48H converter.
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||||
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| Conduit type | Stable | ||||||||
| Input | glider | ||||||||
| Output | beehive | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 35 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 39×26 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Paul Callahan | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1996 | ||||||||
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A similar mechanism discovered more recently is shown in the beehive stopper article.
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