H-to-G0

An H-to-G0 is a converter that takes a Herschel as input and produces two gliders on the same output lane.

This is a special case of a Herschel-to-Gn converter. The n = 0 case is particularly interesting because H-to-G0s can occasionally be used to make compact glider guns, usually by simultaneously producing two of the signals in a pseudo period glider stream. An H-to-G0 is also the initial stage in the doubled-signal toolkit used to synchronize all the gliders in some complex signal converters such as the stable line crosser.

Below is a stamp collection showing three composite H-to-G0 converters in the top row. On the second row are the four atomic converters known as of December 2018. An unlimited number of composite converters can be constructed using edge shooters or other conduits that include transparent output lanes, but most of these will be much larger than the three examples shown here. Like in a trombone slide, the composite NW31T120T290 allows the time between output gliders to be adjusted to any 170 + 8N offset.

x = 207, y = 125, rule = B3/S23 194b2o$194bo$195b3o3b2ob2o$197bo4bob2o$202bo$199b2obo$198bo2bo$198b2o 5$9b2o$10bo$10bobo$11b2o$203b2o$203bo$204b3o$32b2o172bo$32b2o$53b2o$ 11bo41bo39bo81bo$11bobo41bo37bobo79bobo$11b3o21b2o14b5o37b3o79b3o$13bo 19bo2bo13bo44bo81bo$33b2obobo12b3o86b2o$35bob2o15bo58b2o25bo$35bo15b4o 59bo23bobo$33b3o10b2o3bo3b2o37b2o18bobo21b2o$4b2o26bo13b2o4b3o2bo28b2o 5bobo19b2o51b2o5b2o$5bo26b2o20bob2o29bo5bo75bo4bobo$2b3o49bo29b3o5b2o 72b3o5bo$2bo17b2o31b2o29bo81bo6b2o21b2o$21bo155b2o17b2o$18b3o155bobo$ 18bo26b2o129bo26bo$45bo56b2o13b2o56b2o7b2o17b3o$22b2o22b3o48b2o3b2o13b 2o60b2o3b2o20bo$21bobo5b2o17bo48b2o80b2o24b2o$21bo7b2o$20b2o$96b2o80b 2o$34bo62bo4b2o35b2o38bo4b2o8b2o$30b2obobo58b3o5b2o35bo36b3o5b2o5bobo 2bo$29bobobobo58bo45b3o33bo12b3obob2o$26bo2bobobobob2o87b2o14bo45bo4bo $26b4ob2o2bo2bo88bo61b3obo4b2o$30bo4b2o87b3o7b2o55b2o5bo$28bobo93bo9b 2o63b3o$28b2o171bo24$181b2o$168b2o11bobo$105b2o62bo12bo22b2o$105b2o62b obo27bo5bo$115b2o53b2o26bobo2bobo$115bo83b2o2b2o$113bobo$113b2o3$116b 2o$115bobo53b2o$116bo53bobo$170bo29b2o$169b2o29b2o$74bo$73bobo$73bobo$ 72b2ob3o$9b2o67bo$10bo61b2ob3o$10bobo59b2obo$11b2o$175b2o$5b2o109b2o3b o11bo41b2o$5bo110b2o3b3o7b3o$6b3o115bo5bo6bo$8bo70b2o42b2o5b2o3b3o$2o 53b2o22bo54bo31b2o$bo54bo20bobo54b2o31bo20b2o$bobo17b2o33bobo18b2o88bo bo18bo$2b2o17bobo33b2o47b2o60b2o16bobo$23bo82b2o78b2o$23b2o$137b2o$ 137b2o3$2bo54bo55bo54bo$2bobo52bobo53bobo16b2o34bobo$2b3o16b2o34b3o53b 3o16b2o34b3o$4bo16bo37bo55bo11b2o41bo$19bobo105bo$10bo8b2o48b2o57b3o 49b2o$9bobo2bo54b2o2b2o55bo49b2o2b2o$10bo3b3o56bobo108bobo$17bo57bo 110bo$12b4ob3o55b2o109b2o$12bo2bo4bo$17b3o$16b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 4 WIDTH 1000 HEIGHT 640 GPS 30 ]]

First row: NW31T120T290, NW31T120T378, NW31T120T274. Second row: SW-2T21T103, SW-2T21T140, SW-2T21T145, SW-2T21T345 (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here