As mentioned in the mod description, Mesecons is basically the equivalent of Redstone. But it is easier to use, without Redstone's dumb restrictions. Wires don't need to be placed on a solid surface, and can instantaneously carry a signal as far as you need. Mesecons also has features that Redstone has not, including insulated wires, compact logic gates, FPGAs, and controllers programmable with Lua.
In addition, it's easy to write mods that integrate with Mesecons. You can add your own inputs and outputs and even your own wires. That said, documentation of the API is somewhat lacking.
There are some bugs, especially with regards to pushing Mesecons components using pistons. You probably won't encounter them during normal gameplay, but hopefully they will be fixed eventually.
As mentioned in the mod description, Mesecons is basically the equivalent of Redstone. But it is easier to use, without Redstone's dumb restrictions. Wires don't need to be placed on a solid surface, and can instantaneously carry a signal as far as you need. Mesecons also has features that Redstone has not, including insulated wires, compact logic gates, FPGAs, and controllers programmable with Lua.
In addition, it's easy to write mods that integrate with Mesecons. You can add your own inputs and outputs and even your own wires. That said, documentation of the API is somewhat lacking.
There are some bugs, especially with regards to pushing Mesecons components using pistons. You probably won't encounter them during normal gameplay, but hopefully they will be fixed eventually.