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<p>Add to building category</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:19, 5 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The belt reader is known to sometimes have an adverse effect on throughput, most notably connected to [[belt]] corners. Therefore, using readers to debug factory lines can, counterintuitively, create more flow issues than they solve.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The belt reader is known to sometimes have an adverse effect on throughput, most notably connected to [[belt]] corners. Therefore, using readers to debug factory lines can, counterintuitively, create more flow issues than they solve.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The numeric display occasionally misreports the actual speed due to rounding errors.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* The numeric display occasionally misreports the actual speed due to rounding errors.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Buildings]]</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki:diff:1.41:old-225:rev-228:php=table --> </table>

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<p>Initial version</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Tutorial Reader.png|alt=Belt reader tutorial|thumb|The belt reader tutorial as seen in game.]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;belt reader&#039;&#039;&#039; is a building used to detect the flow of items. The average rate over the last 10 seconds is displayed in the center of the building, in items per second. Additionally, there are two wire outputs. The right outputs true {{Signal|true|inline}} if any item has passed in the last second, false {{Signal|false|inline}} otherwise; importantly, this means that it will read false {{Signal|false|inline}} if completely backed up as well. The last item to travel through the belt reader will be output as the right signal. Unlike the [[storage]], this signal remains even after the reader empties.<br /> <br /> == Uses ==<br /> Typically, belt readers are used for the boolean output, such as in [[Efficient designs:Modules#Item counter|item counters]], used for [[Levels#Freeplay|freeplay]] dump systems. If a quicker response time is needed, such as in [[Efficient designs:Modules#Cutter clock|certain clock circuits]], alternating items passed through the reader will generate an alternating signal on the left output.<br /> <br /> == Known issues ==<br /> <br /> * The belt reader is known to sometimes have an adverse effect on throughput, most notably connected to [[belt]] corners. Therefore, using readers to debug factory lines can, counterintuitively, create more flow issues than they solve.<br /> * The numeric display occasionally misreports the actual speed due to rounding errors.</div>

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