where did the bits go?

send the course photo through a framed link. the light keeps working even when the picture does not grow.

channel alphabet

4 symbols · 2 bit/symbol

symbol rate

5 symbols/s

payload per packet

32 payload symbols

packets that fail their check

8 % must be sent again

sender · 2 kb photo

one abstract channel symbol at a time

receiver · checked payload only

0 / 16,384 bits accepted

packet 1 sending

preamble6 sym

photo data32 sym

check4 sym

raw channel rate

10 bit/s

symbol rate × bits per symbol

effective photo rate

6.4 bit/s

after framing and expected retries

sent / useful

0 / 0

symbols sent / payload bits accepted

estimated time left

42:43

real link time, not display time

where the transmitted symbols went 0 symbols

accepted photo data 0 framing 0 failed attempts 0

display speed only changes the animation · space pause · r restart

the light never stopped. the picture did.

photo: ai-generated (gpt-image-2)