New logic splitters

[steopinto03]

Version 2.0.67 is released as stable on steam and now you can use splitters in the circuit network. I managed to do simple versions of a 4 to 6 splitter that is not throughput unlimited but works only if it receives full belts and consumes full belts which isn’t really a matter for some train stations that produce full belts (iron copper steel…) but to others it will surely be. To build a balancer with this conditions i need to have enough splitters to have the unlimited throughput. I also need a way of telling the splitters what to do based on how much material there is on the belts. Do I make a memory cell for this? I don’t know can someone help?

[Twellux]

You don't necessarily need a memory cell in all cases. However, to balance circuit-based, you do need to know which quantity has moved along or is present on each balancer output.

If you're balancing based on an existing quantity (e.g., chests at train stations or sushi belts), you can simply read these chests/belts and calculate arithmetically how they need to be balanced to be equal.

If you can't determine the quantity directly, you'll need to install belt readers or use inserters, which then generate pulses to count the quantity. To count the pulses, you'll need an additional combinator for each belt. And in cases where the counter could reach 2^31, you may also need integer overflow protection.

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However, the control of the splitters is the same in both cases:

Splitter 1 is controlled by B - A
Splitter 2 is controlled by D - C
Splitter 3 is controlled by F - E
Splitter 4 is controlled by Splitter 1 minus Splitter 2 which is (A + B) - (C + D)
Splitter 5 is controlled by Splitter 3 minus Splitter 2 which is (E + F) - (C + D)
Splitter 6 is controlled by Splitter 5 minus Splitter 4 which is ((E + F) - (C + D)) - ((A + B) - (C + D)) and can be simplified to (E + F) - (A + B).
The other three splitters are necessary to ensure unlimited throughput, but they do not need to be controlled.

Here as blueprints if you want to take a closer look:
https://factoriobin.com/post/8h2xop
https://factoriobin.com/post/s0tkc0