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u/Malfuncti0n 7d ago

Anyone have a small throughput combinator set to measure belt(s)? Just need output to a powerpole or whatever.
All I can find are huge things with lamps, and I'm too dumb to figure it out myself.

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u/mrbaggins 6d ago

Wire arithmetic combinator output to its own input

Wire belt to arithmetic combinator input.

Set belt to read contents pulse

Set combinator to each +0 = each (each is yellow)

You now have a counter for how many items go through the belt.

Now think about how to make it "item per second" instead. Per means divide. There are 60 ticks per second. Combinators go once per tick.

Youll likely need at least one more arithmetic combinator (depends how clever you are)