Honeycombinator

This article is about the induction coil. For the still life, see Honeycomb.

Honeycombinator
x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2bo$bobo$obobo$o3bo$b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
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Pattern type	Induction coil
Number of cells	11
Bounding box	5 × 5
Static symmetry	D2_+1
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Pattern files Plaintext honeycombinator.cells RLE honeycombinator.rle

Honeycombinator is an induction coil. While it works in Life, it is not common; it is much more significant in certain OCA rules where it is much more common. For example, in Life, the most common honeycombinator + 7-cell induction coil (bun or bookend) is ranked #38 in most common 18-cell still lifes, and there are no others in the top 600 18-cell still lifes.

If left to evolve on its own, it stabilizes at generation 24 as a pair of tubs.

It contains a line of three and can be used in a spark coil.The most common period-2 oscillator to use a honeycombinator ranks 112th; it has a honeycombinator on one side and a typical house on the other (honeycombinatorial spark coil).

x = 9, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2b2o3bo$bo2bobobo$obobobobo$bo2bob2o$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 ]]

Meta-bun on honeycombinator (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2b2o4b2o$bo2bo2bobo$obobo2bo$bo2bo2bobo$2b2o4b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 AUTOSTART GPS 4 ]]

Honeycombinatorial spark coil (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• G (induction coil)
• Honeycomb
• Eater 4, which it can be welded into for a higher clearance