How can I get my redstone to activate adjacent pistons?

Question

I'm trying to create my first circuit in minecraft:

• a - pressure plate
• p - piston
• d - dirt
• - or | - redstone

 

a----dddd
     pppp

Pistons are placed over the dirt and there's water under the dirt.

I'm trying this but it doesn't work:

a-------
     ddd
     ppp

This also doesn't work:

----
a ||
  dd
  pp

This does work, but only if pistons aren't adjacent

a--------
    | | |
    d d d
    p p p

Here are two screenshots:

This doesn't work

This works:

Asked by Matteo Pagliazzi

Answer

There are actually a large number of different ways you can do this. Perhaps the simplest is using redstone repeaters, like so:

There's also the design proposed by StrixVaria, which uses elevated redstone:

But there are even more ways you can do this. Here are a few:

Take your pick!

Answered by Jake King

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