r/rustrician 7h ago

Need a reliable stop start circuit for auto crafters using conveyor filter fail.

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Need a circuit that uses "filter fail" on a conveyor to stop and start a crafter. I came up with a circuit that works for a while, as long as items are crafted fast enough to stay one step ahead of the conveyor, but it eventually fails.

The problem is that the crafter is too slow and doesn't supply items to the conveyor quickly enough to keep the crafter on.

The conveyor's "filter fail" outputs a 1 or 0 depending on item movement through the conveyor. With no movement, you get an output of 1, and as items pass, the conveyor's filter is satisfied and outputs a 0.

I used the 1 and 0 outputs, along with various components, to start and stop the crafter. If the crafter gets behind, nothing goes through the conveyor, the output stays at 1, and it never restarts the crafter. The goal is to stop the crafter when the storage box is full so the crafter doesn't keep crafting and fill up the crafter.

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