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Research data: data stick (IV Scanner: ZPM motor, pump, piston, conveyor, arm) and data orb (Research Station: emitter, sensor, field generator, hatches)

Chain id: zpm_data · Tags: Infinite source, Unverified

Era setup: ZPM & Classic Stargate

Plan modules: Research Station, HPCA and data

Tips: 7, 1 unverified

Machines

Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom · 20 s · 90 EU/tMV
Oak 1Plastic board · 2 CPU · 32 NAND chip · 4 RAM · 16 fine red alloy wire · 4 polyethylene platePlastic circuit boardCPUNAND chipRAM chip1
up to 128 EU/t20 s
Data Stick1
gtceu:mv_circuit_assembler
EV Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom · 20 s · 1200 EU/tEV
Oak 1Advanced board · 2 HV circuit · 4 RAM · 32 NOR chip · 64 NAND chip · 32 fine platinum wireAdvanced circuit boardNOR chipNAND chipRAM chip1
up to 2 048 EU/t20 s
Data Orb1
gtceu:ev_circuit_assembler
IV Scanner · 90 s · 7680 EU/t · LuV motor, pump, piston, conveyor, robot armIV
Data Stickstick per part type
up to 8 192 EU/t
Data Access HatchData Access Hatch (EV) or Data Bankstick with scan
gtceu:iv_scanner
Research Station · 4 CWU/t · 30 720 EU/t · LuV emitter, sensor, field generatorGregTech
Data Orborb per research
Data Access HatchData Access Hatch (EV) or Data Bankorb with research
gtceu:research_station
Assembly Line · ZPM part recipeMultiblock
Data Access HatchData Access Hatch (EV) or Data Bankdata
30 s
ZPM Electric MotorZPM components (zpm_components chains)1
gtceu:assembly_line

Flow

How to build

  1. Drawers first, one per part: plastic boards, CPU chips, NAND chips, NOR chips, RAM chips, advanced boards, HV circuits, polyethylene plates, fine red alloy wire, fine platinum wire. Each circuit assembler gets its own input drawers behind a Modular Router or Pipez item pipe with an Item Filter, and a Robot Arm cover in Keep Exact mode on its output. — functionalstorage:oak_1, gtceu:nand_memory_chip, gtceu:ram_chip, gtceu:plastic_circuit_board
  2. Sticks: an MV Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom, plastic board + 2 CPU + 32 NAND + 4 RAM + 16 fine red alloy wire + 4 polyethylene plates → 1 stick in 20 s at 90 EU/t. Make about 8: one per scanned part type. — gtceu:mv_circuit_assembler, gtceu:data_stick
  3. Orbs: an EV Circuit Assembler in the cleanroom, advanced board + 2 HV circuits + 4 RAM + 32 NOR + 64 NAND + 32 fine platinum wire → 1 orb in 20 s at 1200 EU/t. One for the Data Bank, one for the HPCA, one per station research. — gtceu:ev_circuit_assembler, gtceu:data_orb
  4. Scan: put a stick and a LuV motor in an IV Scanner (90 s, 7680 EU/t); the stick now holds the ZPM motor research. Repeat for pump, piston, conveyor module and robot arm, one stick each. Wire the scanner to an IV line, not the LV network. — gtceu:iv_scanner, gtceu:luv_electric_motor, gtceu:data_stick
  5. Station research (after zpm_research): an orb in the Object Holder with the LuV emitter, 4 CWU/t for the run, 30 720 EU/t. One orb each for emitter, sensor and field generator. Keep the computation hatch fed: the HPCA must be on. — gtceu:research_station, gtceu:luv_emitter, gtceu:data_orb
  6. Load: sticks and orbs into the Data Access Hatch of the Assembly Line that makes the part (one line per part family, or a Data Bank with optical hatches for all of them). Buses must match the recipe order; the data item lets the recipe show up. — gtceu:data_access_hatch, gtceu:assembly_line, gtceu:data_orb
  7. Easy to miss: sticks are cheap but orbs are not; the NAND/NOR load of 10 orbs is the same as 4 Nanoprocessor mainframes. Do not scan before the Assembly Line and its ingredients exist, a data item you wait on is one you cannot reuse. — functionalstorage:oak_1, gtceu:data_orb

Tips

  • Two kinds of data. The Research Station tooltip (GT lang file): it scans onto DATA ORBS and DATA MODULES; the scanner writes onto data STICKS. So every scanner research of this era (ZPM motor, pump, piston, conveyor, robot arm, quantum mainframe, crystal computer, Object Holder) needs a stick and every station research (emitter, sensor, field generator, ZPM hatches, Advanced Data Access Hatch, MK II reactor, crystal mainframe and the era multis) needs an ORB. In the pack’s own gate recipes (recipe_helpers.js getDataItem) the data item grows with the CWU/t: below 32 a data orb, 32 to 159 a data module, 160 to 319 a data DNA disk, 320 and more a component data core; all ZPM-era researches in this guide are below 32 CWU/t, so orbs.
  • Which research each ZPM-era recipe wants (verified: utils/tier_data.js zpm row, luv_to_uv_components.js, ComputerRecipes, MetaTileEntityMachineRecipeLoader, circuits.js, start_fusion_machines.js, misc.js, vacuum_chemical_reactor.js). SCANNER, a stick: LuV motor, pump, piston, conveyor module, robot arm for the ZPM ones, 1800 ticks (90 s) at 7680 EU/t (an IV Scanner); quantum computer for the quantum mainframe (1200 ticks, 7680); crystal assembly for the crystal computer (800 ticks); superconducting coil for the LuV fusion reactor; ZPM input bus for the Object Holder (2400 ticks). STATION, an orb: LuV emitter, sensor, field generator, 4 CWU/t at 30 720 EU/t; LuV energy and dynamo hatch, 8 CWU/t; the Data Bank, 4 CWU/t (Advanced Data Access Hatch); LuV fusion reactor, 16 CWU/t (ZPM Fusion); crystal computer, 16 CWU/t (crystal mainframe); ZPM assembler, electric furnace, lathe, laser engraver, 16 CWU/t (Component Part Assembly, Heat Chamber, Large Rotor Machine, runic engraver); ZPM gas collector, activated rod, coordinate crystal 24 CWU/t.
  • Data Stick (CircuitRecipes data_stick): plastic circuit board + 2 CPU chips + 32 NAND chips + 4 RAM chips + 16 fine red alloy wire + 4 polyethylene plates, circuit assembler in a CLEANROOM, 400 ticks at 90 EU/t, soldering x2 (an MV Circuit Assembler). Data Orb (data_orb): advanced circuit board (epoxy printed) + 2 HV circuits + 4 RAM + 32 NOR chips + 64 NAND chips + 32 fine platinum wire, cleanroom circuit assembler, 400 ticks at 1200 EU/t (an EV Circuit Assembler). One orb is 32 NOR + 64 NAND + 4 RAM chips; a station research per recipe type needs its own orb, so expect 10 or more orbs over the era (about 1000 chips). A used stick or orb is cleared by crafting it alone (data_stick_nbt, data_orb_nbt shapeless recipes in MachineRecipeLoader).
  • Reading data: an Assembly Line needs the research in a Data Access Hatch (slots for ‘Data Items’, both sticks and orbs) or in a Data Bank linked by optical data hatches (LuV tier; the Data Bank shares them between Assembly Lines and other Data Banks, and costs EU/t per hatch). Hatches (ComputerRecipes): Basic Data Access Hatch (HV) = HV input bus + 4 data sticks + 4 HV circuits + 288 mB polyethylene; Data Access Hatch (EV) = EV input bus + 4 data sticks + 4 EV circuits + 288 mB PTFE; Advanced Data Access Hatch (LuV) = LuV input bus + 4 data orbs + 4 ZPM circuits + 576 mB soldering alloy + 576 mB PBI, Assembly Line 400 ticks at 6000 EU/t with station research of the Data Bank at 4 CWU/t. Unverified: the slot count of each hatch (read the tooltip).
  • Scanner vs station: the pack gives the five mechanical parts a plain scan because no CWU is needed, so you can make ZPM motors, pumps, pistons, conveyors and arms BEFORE the Research Station exists. Only emitter, sensor, field generator (and with them the field generator machines, the fusion coil, the ZPM hatches) are gated by the station. The station also runs faster with more computation (research station tooltip) and the quest gives a 2.5 % additive CWU discount per overclock. Scanner recipes at 7680 EU/t need an IV Scanner; the LuV Scanner of the luv_research chain is only for the Research Station’s own Assembly Line scan.
  • Sub-steps people skip: (1) clear a used stick or orb before scanning a new part (shapeless crafting of the data item alone); (2) station research needs the item inside the Object Holder AND an orb, so the Object Holder must exist before the field-generator line starts; (3) a scan result is per recipe: the LuV motor scan works for the ZPM motor recipe only; (4) keep one spare of every LuV part, scans need the real item; (5) the stick or orb that goes into the Data Access Hatch stays there while the line runs; (6) the chips for orbs (NOR and NAND) come from the same wafer lines as the circuits: start them early.
  • Unverified that the scanned or researched item is not consumed (GT default; check on the first scan), the total CWU of a default station research (the pack sets its own totalCWU only on its own recipes: for the gate parts 24 CWU/t x 600 ticks, for the data-core ones 320 CWU/t x 1200 ticks), and the slot counts of the hatches.

Bill of materials

Item Qty
gtceu:mv_circuit_assembler 1
gtceu:ev_circuit_assembler 1
gtceu:iv_scanner 1
gtceu:research_station 1
gtceu:data_access_hatch 1
gtceu:assembly_line 1
gtceu:cleanroom 1
functionalstorage:oak_1 22
modularrouters:modular_router 12
gtceu:lv_robot_arm 12
gtceu:item_filter 12
pipez:item_pipe 16
pipez:fluid_pipe 2
gtceu:steel_drum 1

Needs / Feeds

  • Main source for: gtceu:data_orb