Redstone Basics

Redstone can be a difficult thing for the inexperienced to learn. It is based off of circuitry used for just about anything from your great grandmother's radio to your $600 cellular phone. Most gates are named exactly the same as their real life counter part.
These are the basics of redstoning.

Common words used
Redline or line- Means your redstone dust
Torch - Redstone torch
Gate - A circuit used in creating redstone contraptions
Redstone Lock - Used mainly on pvp servers. Most notable one, the McAddict Lock.
Clock - A line that repeats its self in a cycle.
Latch - Another type of circuit, usually involving two or more inputs
Input - Button press, lever flip, pressure pad depression and relief (counts as two actions)
Pulse - an input action (on/off)

Dust Logic
Redstone dust can carry a pulse for 15 blocks.


This pulse can be extended at the 16th block with a redstone repeater


Gates
Gates are the building blocks of redstone circuitry. We will be using a variety of the most simple.

NOT Gate
This gate is fairly straight forward and is used to invert a line
Input side

Output Side


Can be used in conjunction with other gates.
NOT+AND


AND Gate
Uses two inputs to create one output
Input line

Output line


Can be used for games or simple redstone locks for pvp servers that use them [not too useful since x-ray is abundant on these servers.]

This gate is fairly uncommon since there are better gates available for the same function

RS Nor Latch
This isn't necessarily a gate but if used in multiple conjunctions it can be used as a superior AND gate



I use this in my primary locking system and use it for a ton of other things.
Incomplete McAddict lock.


The 1.0 update changed redstone. CNBMinecraft on you tube has the fix to this lock

 

T-Flip Flop
My favorite redstone circuit. Can be used for the most basic applications to the most ridiculous applications
Input side

Output no power

Output with power

Also used in binary encoders. But that's a different session.

Clocks
Clocks are not allowed on the Minecraft Server due to the ridiculous amounts of lag caused by piston crusher mob traps.

However If you want to experiment on single player here the main setup of a clock


I use this mainly for my cobble stone generator. Will post a picture of this later. My bandwith has severely dropped.

As always leave questions comment and concerns in a reply or pm in game if you need help.

Regards,
Brett


Disclaimer: This guide is a basic knowledge guide. Made for people with little to no experience in redstone. If you are a redstoner 1337sauce, please help answer questions it helps the community grow. We didn't have a simple knowledge guide when we started. Nor is there good info on the wiki or forums. Help a fellow Minecrafter out

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Thanks Xen! Good post.

 

When I wrote this I was focused on the main gates used in most contraptions. I, for the most part, completely forgot this. Give me a day or two to update this guide.