Compact and UPS-friendly 1x1 loaders. Works with train cargo wagons, circuits, filters, and modded belts from Bob's, Krastorio, FactorioExtended Plus, Space Exploration, and Ultimate Belts.
Is there any way to read the belt contents of the miniloader? I have a requestor chest feeding my rocket silo via two miniloaders. The chest items get requested based on circuit signals from the destination planet and rocket silos, etc. But the problem is I can't measure what's actually on the belt of the miniloader, so it's a bit inexact. Any solution?
At this time there is no solution. Miniloaders are a combination of belt and inserters, and it is not easy to read both the belt contents and all the inserter contents.
Even if you could read exact Miniloader contents on a particular tick you would still have to compensate for combinator processing delays. The usual practice is to work around the problem of counting items in transit.