Redstone Pen

A modification for Minecraft (Java Edition) that introduces a special pen for precise drawing of redstone tracks. Created under the influence of the Redstone Paste mod.

Description

This mod offers a universal tool for working with redstone, significantly simplifying the creation of complex circuits. Now you can draw thin redstone tracks with incredible precision.

Tools: Redstone Quill and Pen

Craft and use these tools to draw or remove thin redstone tracks. The ability to place multiple independent tracks in one block opens new horizons for compact circuits.

• Redstone Quill uses redstone dust directly from your inventory
• Redstone Pen stores redstone inside itself and can be replenished at the crafting table using redstone dust or blocks
• Both tools allow checking the current signal of a block, track, wire, or device by crouching and looking at the block of interest
• When left-clicking, both tools do not destroy blocks, except for objects without hardness (grass, repeaters, comparators)

Signal Connectors

For compact wiring, it's important to control whether a track will power the block underneath it. By default, pen tracks do NOT connect to the blocks they are drawn on. To change this, simply add an explicit connector by clicking the center of a track with a pen (round blob in the image). Tracks intentionally do not pass indirect power through blocks to other tracks, allowing blocks to be powered by independent routes without interference.

Redstone Relays

Relays work like redstone-controlled "solenoids" that move built-in redstone torches, re-powering ("relaying") redstone signals to level 15. They can be placed on solid surfaces in all directions. Output is only from the front, inputs are from all sides except above. Internal mechanics ("relay types") define the output behavior when input signals change (relaying, inversion, switching, etc.). Relays also detect indirect power from the blocks they are placed on and can be used to pass track signals through blocks.

• Redstone Relay: Straight input-on-output-on relaying. Unlike a repeater, has no turn-on delay but has a turn-off delay of one tick (redstone tick = 100 ms)
• Inverted Redstone Relay: Input-on-output-off relaying. Turn-on delay 1 tick, no turn-off delay
• Bi-Stable Redstone Relay: Switches when detecting an off-to-on transition at the input ("rising edge")
• Pulse Redstone Relay: Emits a short pulse at the output when detecting an off-to-on transition at the input

• Bridging Relay: A redstone relay allowing tracks to cross. Transmits power from front to back like a normal relay and has additional independent wiring from left to right

Redstone Logic Controller

Simplified signal controller based on text code, similar to PLC. Details are available in the project documentation.