CCPE — CC Peripheral Extender

Handy ComputerCraft: Tweaked peripherals for Create: Aeronautics on NeoForge

What's Included

• Micro Peripheral Extender — wireless NBT reading for any block; wireless redstone signal control; remote peripheral access
• Redstone Transceiver — wireless read and transmit of Create Redstone Link signals
• Electronic Transmission — a rotation speed controller designed specifically for CC:T control

Features

📡 Wireless Block Reading

CC:Tweaked requires computers to be directly adjacent to target blocks for peripheral access. While many mods add peripheral support for their blocks, not every block has it.

CCPE adds a Peripheral Extender. Attach the sensor to any block, set a channel number, and wirelessly read that block's data from Lua — no cables, no distance limits.

• Read NBT via pe.get(channel, path) or pe.getAll(channel)
• Path syntax: "Items[0].Count", "ForgeData.CustomName", etc.

Data refreshes every server tick (50ms), Lua reads take ~0.02ms/call — ideal for high-frequency monitoring.

local pe = require("ccpe.pe")
local data = pe.getAll(1)              -- read full NBT of block on channel 1
local cnt  = pe.get(1, "Items[0].Count")  -- read a specific field by path

🔌 Peripheral Proxy

• pe.getPeripheral(ch) — wirelessly access the attached block's CC:T peripheral methods

🧭 Navigation Table Integration (requires simulated:navigation_table)

🚀 Physics Data (requires Sable/physics structure)

Velocity methods require sensor attached to simulated:velocity_sensor

📶 Wireless Redstone

• pe.setRedstoneOutput(ch, 0-15) — transmit redstone signal (main thread)
• pe.getRedstoneOutput(ch) — read transmitted signal
• pe.getRedstoneInput(ch) — read received signal

📻 Redstone Transceiver

Allows computers to directly read and transmit Create Redstone Link signals — no need to place multiple redstone link blocks next to your computer.

Each transceiver uses Banners to configure multiple channels, each bound to a pair of redstone frequency items. Access via channel number from Lua:

local r = peripheral.find("ccpe:redstone_transceiver")

-- Read the Create redstone network signal on channel 3
local signal = r.getRedstoneSignal(3)

-- Transmit a full signal to the Create network on channel 7
r.setRedstoneSignal(7, 15)

🎛️ Electronic Transmission

How is it different from the RotationSpeedController? Using Create's RotationSpeedController as a peripheral (calling setTargetSpeed()) triggers RotationPropagator.handleRemoved(), which cascades through the entire downstream sub-network clearing all sources. This causes unexpected behavior (e.g. stepper servos from Aeroworks running wild when speed changes). Simulated's AnalogTransmission lacks a CC:T interface and is difficult to fine-tune.

The Electronic Transmission uses detachKinetics() + attachKinetics() to gently refresh the network without disrupting downstream devices.

Electronic Transmission (ccpe:transmission_peripheral) does not accept redstone signals — Lua control only. Place it in a kinetic network to adjust downstream speed in real time.

local t = peripheral.find("ccpe:transmission_peripheral")

-- Ratio mode: downstream = upstream × ratio
t.setRatio(0.5)   -- reduce to 50%
t.setRatio(3.0)   -- boost to 3× (capped at 256 RPM)

-- Target speed mode: directly set downstream speed (0–256, 2 decimal places)
t.setTargetSpeed(128.56)
print(t.getTargetSpeed())  -- 128.56

-- Query current state
print(t.getRatio())

Calling setRatio switches to ratio mode; calling setTargetSpeed switches to target mode. Actual output is capped at 256 RPM in both modes.

🏗️ Chunk & Physics Body Loading

The sensor can keep its target area loaded:

Physics body mode automatically tracks the structure's movement, relocating PORTAL tickets to the body's current chunk. Bearing connection chains are refreshed every 5 seconds.

Config (config/ccpe-common.toml):

• sensorChunkLoadEnabled — enable chunk loading
• sensorMaxForceLoad — max concurrent loaded sensors
• sensorPortalTicketRadius — PORTAL ticket radius

Quick Start

local pe = require("ccpe.pe")

-- Read a chest's inventory
local items = pe.getAll(1)
for k, v in pairs(items) do print(k, v) end

-- Navigation guidance (sensor on navigation table required)
local target = pe.getNavTargetPos(2)
local dist   = pe.getNavDistance(2)
local angle  = pe.getNavRelativeAngle(2)
print(string.format("Target: %.0fm away, bearing %.1f°", dist, angle))

-- Physics data
local mass = pe.getPhysicsMass(3)
local com  = pe.getPhysicsCenterOfMass(3)
print(string.format("Mass: %.1f kg, COM: %.1f, %.1f, %.1f", mass, com.x, com.y, com.z))

-- Wireless redstone
pe.setRedstoneOutput(4, 15)  -- power the sensor on channel 4

-- Create redstone link control
local redstone = peripheral.find("ccpe:redstone_transceiver")
redstone.setRedstoneSignal(5, 15)  -- transmit to Create network on channel 5
redstone.getRedstoneSignal(3)      -- read Create network signal on channel 3

-- Electronic transmission control
local trans = peripheral.find("ccpe:transmission_peripheral")
trans.setTargetSpeed(200)  -- set downstream speed to 200 RPM
trans.setRatio(0.75)       -- switch to ratio mode: 75% output

Requirements

• NeoForge 1.21.1
• CC:Tweaked 1.118.0+
• Create 6.0.10+
• Simulated (Create: Aeronautics) 1.3.0+
• Sable 2.0.3+

Performance

Read operations ~0.02ms/call, redstone write operations ~50ms/call.