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- From: then@vipunen.hut.fi (Tomi H Engdahl)
- Subject: Re: AEA-FAX
- In-Reply-To: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com's message of 13 Aug 92 21:16:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <THEN.92Aug16133131@vipunen.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <6LRgPB4w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 13:31:31
- Lines: 27
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- In article <6LRgPB4w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
-
- > Since it seemed busted anyway, I just now pried it open.
- >I have not finished tracing the schematic diagram of it,
- >but believe it or not, it containes the following parts,
- >and no more: 1 Dual Op-Amp 5 resistors 4 diodes 4
- >capacitors! (Sorry for the spelling of "contains" up
- >there). There's magic in electronics!
-
- The magic is mainly in software, because most decoding of the
- fax signal is done in software. That's what I think. I have seen
- a shareware program called Hamcomm, which can send and decode
- morse, rtty etc. signals. The circuit needed for decoding contains one
- Op-amp and some passive components. The circuit filters the incoming
- signal and converts it to square wave, which is send to one of the input pins
- in the serial port. Every time the state in that input changes, UART
- generates an interrupt. The software measeres time between interrupts
- and so determines the signal frequency. When the program is used for sending,
- the PC speaker ouput is connected (via passive low-pass filter) toi the
- transmitter. Quite a hack.
- I think that the fax device you mentioned works in the quite same way.
-
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- Tomi.Engdahl@hut.fi "Don't force it; get a larger hammer"
- then@vipunen.hut.fi
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