Beacon variants

This page lists stator variants of the period-2 beacon.

Beacon on some induction coil

Several induction coils with a line of four can be added to beacon.

Alternative bushing of beacon

A common alternative bushing of the diagonal on-off features a line of five with a terminal dent. When analyzed in isotropic non-totalistic notation, one of the rotor cells turns ON via B3a and OFF via -S4q as in the original beacon, but the other rotor cell uses B3j and -S4k. They are shown in the following table.

Pattern		Identifiers			Natural commonness			Glider synthesis
Viewer	Name	apgcode	Niemiec	Pentadecathlon	Position in Achim Flammenkamp's census	Position in Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue	Frequency class	Cost in gliders	Info
9b$4b2o3b$4bobo2b$bo5bo$b5obo$6bo2b$3bo5b$3b2o4b$9b! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 32 THUMBSIZE 4 GPS 1 AUTOSTART LOOP 2 ]] (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here	Mangled 1 beacon; Pre-block on very long table w/feather	xp2_c88b9iczw32	16pvtaft	16P2.88	-	82nd period-2 oscillator	37.2	10	-
x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 3bo$b3o$o5bo$ob5o$bo$4bo$3b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 32 THUMBSIZE 4 GPS 1 AUTOSTART LOOP 2 ]] (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here	21P2; Pre-block on very long table w/tail; ?16?195	xp2_8e1t2gozw23	16pvtatl	16P2.91	38th oscillator	27th period-2 oscillator	32.5	6	-
2b2o3b$bobo3b$o2bob2o$2obo2bo$bobo3b$bo2bo2b$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 32 THUMBSIZE 4 GPS 1 AUTOSTART LOOP 2 ]] (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here	1 beacon; Pre-block on very long table w/tail siamese feather; ?18?187	xp2_ca9baiczw32	18pvtatf	18P2.465	32nd oscillator	16th period-2 oscillator	29.4	7	-