AQA 7517 4.5.5.3: Error checking and correction
The free BugBot lessons that teach this point, a robot to try it on, and the past-paper questions that test it.
Lessons that teach it
- A7.6 Error checking and correction Data representation
Parity bits, majority voting, checksums and check digits, with checksums on the robot's radio messages. - A7.10 Project: a secure sensor packet Data representation
Pack a distance reading into fixed point bytes with flags and a checksum, encrypt it with a one-time pad and send it by radio.
Try it on a robot
The task from A7.6 Error checking and correction, running here. Change the program and press Run.
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