This is made to help you understand the basics of binary. If you are a beginner redstoner 1st you should understand the logic and gates then you should learn Binary, after that is using binary.Binary is not just used in redstone but also used in modern sciences. To start off Binary is a number coding using 0 and 1, based on a scale of a number times 2 for example the number scale starts with: 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 and so on. Now lets say you have 2 torches. 1 torch is off and the other torch is on. In binary 1 = on and 0 = off. Now with this information lets make a number in binary. 1st we have our scale then we have our binary digits (0).
1.2.4.8.16.32.64.128.256.512....
0.0.0.0..0..0...0....0....0.....0....All the 0s are place directly below the numbers (when posted it may look different)
Lets make the number 17 in binary, now on that scale what numbers would we add to make 17. We would use 1 and 16. this means that 17 in binary means 100010...and 0 goes on forever after that last 1. You can see all this in the picture above. Now one last time lets make the number 67 in binary, well the numbers we would need are 1,2 and 64. using the number scale of 1.2.4.8.16.32.64.128.256 and so on we can see that 67 = 1100001.(0 is basically the number that is used to demonstrate, that the number (above) is not used. If you have any questions, remember to post them in the comment section. here is a link to this map download so learning is easier, just copy paste this into your search box and click enter. I hope this works ;): www.mediafire.com/?ndp7g3mu5pq4lfd