Block fuse

A block fuse is any fuse that burns through a blockic constellation.

Known block fuses

Orthogonal

2c/3 bi-block fuse

Main article: bi-block fuse

x = 47, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2obo2bo$44b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o$2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 16 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 12 -2/3 0 AUTOSTART ]]

This bi-block fuse is a clean fuse made by a row of bi-blocks separated by 2-cell gaps, with a beehive used to ignite it. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

4c/7 Block fuse

x = 76, y = 24, rule = B3/S23 7$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$18b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2obo2bo$66b2o3$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$18b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o 2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 14 -4/7 0 AUTOSTART ]]

This Block fuse is a clean fuse made by two rows of blocks separated by 3-cell gaps, with a beehive used to ignite it, similarly to the 2c/3 Bi-block fuse. (click above to open LifeViewer)

c/2 Block fuse

x = 42, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 b6o$o5bo$6bo$o4bo$2b2o2$4b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o$4b2o 2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 4 X 20 ZOOM 16 TRACKLOOP 14 -4/7 0 AUTOSTART ]]

This Block fuse is a clean fuse made by one row of blocks separated by 2-cell gaps, with a HWSS used to ignite it, similarly to the c/2 orthogonal blinker fuse. (click above to open LifeViewer)

Adjustable fuse

x = 67, y = 42, rule = B3/S23 19b2o22b2o$19b2o22b2o3$15b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o13b2o$11b2o2b2o7b2o9b2o2b2o7b 2o9b2o2b2o$11b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$29b2o22b2o5$22b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$22b 2o4b2o16b2o4b2o10$10b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o$10b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o 4b2o5$17b2o22b2o22b2o$17b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o16b2o$23b2o2b2o7b2o9b2o2b2o7b 2o$27b2o7b2o13b2o7b2o3$31b2o22b2o$31b2o22b2o3$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 6 THEME Book AUTOSTART GPS 32 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 639 PAUSE 1 LOOP 640 ]]

A Blockic fuse which can be made to burn arbitrarily slowly (click above to open LifeViewer)

Reburnable

(34,7)c/156 block fuse

x = 297, y = 199, rule = B3/S23 262b2o$263b2o$262bo23$274b2o$274b2o19b2o$283b2o10b2o$282bo2bo$283b2o3$ 240b2o$240b2o19b2o$249b2o10b2o$248bo2bo$249b2o3$194bo11b2o$194b3o9b2o 19b2o31b2o$194bobo18b2o10b2o32b2o$196bo17bo2bo42bo$215b2o4$140b2o$140b 2o16$149b2o$148bobo$150bo142b2o$281b2o10b2o$280bo2bo$281b2o4$259b2o$ 247b2o10b2o$246bo2bo$247b2o3$192bo11b2o$192b3o9b2o19b2o$192bobo18b2o 10b2o$194bo17bo2bo$213b2o4$138b2o$138b2o16$147b2o$146bobo$148bo50$3b2o $2bobo$4bo38$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 4 X 70 Y -40 AUTOSTART TRACKLOOP 312 -34/156 7/156 ]]

It consists of a Herschel crawling though blocks. An unnamed (34,7)c/156 caterpillar has been built using this fuse. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

31c/240 Block fuse

x = 66, y = 148, rule = B3/S23 5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o30$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o30$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o18$60b 3o$60bo2bo$60bo2bo$59b4o$12b3o44b2o$13bo44bo$11b3o45bo$59bo8$3b2o$3b2o 8b2o41b2o$13b2o41b2o5$2bo$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$4bo$b3o7$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o 12$13b2o41b2o$13b2o41b2o17$5b2o57b2o$5b2o57b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 60 X 0 Y 40 TRACKLOOP 240 0/240 -31/240 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 4 HEIGHT 480 ]]

It consists of a Herschel crawling though blocks. Three 31c/240 spaceships are known which use this fuse; shield bug, centipede, and silverfish. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

In other rules

In Grounded Life, there is a simple reburnable fuse based on blocks and a beehive, which evolves into a line-of-six spark. It is the basis of most technology in that rule, and there is a rich and growing toolkit to control it.

x = 58, y = 4, rule = B35/S23:T59,10 19bo2b2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob 2ob2ob2ob2ob2obo4b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$19bo2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ZOOM 20 WIDTH 1000 GPS 6 ]]

The beehive/block fuse (click above to open LifeViewer)

See also

• Blinker fuse