codec-re: handoff polish — readmes, skeleton, remove decode-re/ duplicate

Three things to make pickup smoother:

1. analysis/README.md (NEW): catalogues the ~25 scratch scripts.
   Categorizes them as "still useful" / "superseded — keep for
   archaeology" / "pure exploration".  Tells a fresh engineer which
   files to read first and which to ignore.

2. scratch/next_experiment_skeleton.py (NEW): stub + spec for the
   segment-channel scoring analyzer.  Includes the fixture loader,
   block walker, and decode-segment-as-channel helper — just enough
   scaffolding that the next pass starts from "fill in
   score_segment_against_all_channels()" rather than from scratch.
   Already runs and confirms 13 segments per 3-sec event with sample
   starts going to 6590 (way past the 3328 actual samples) — strong
   evidence that not all segments carry Tran.

3. Removed decode-re/ duplicate.  It was a mirror of tests/fixtures/.
   Analysis scripts that hardcoded decode-re/ paths updated to point
   at tests/fixtures/.  CLAUDE.md note updated: future event uploads
   go directly into a dated subdirectory under tests/fixtures/.

All 40 tests still pass.  Skeleton runs.
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# analysis/ — exploratory scripts for waveform-body RE
**These are scratch.** Run them, read them, copy them, but don't trust
them as documentation. When a finding is verified it gets promoted
to `minimateplus/waveform_codec.py` and `tests/test_waveform_codec.py`;
when it's wrong it stays here as a fossil.
Authoritative status lives in:
- `docs/waveform_codec_re_status.md` (current truth, working note)
- `minimateplus/waveform_codec.py` (verified implementation + docstring)
- `tests/test_waveform_codec.py` (regression locks against fixtures)
---
## Still useful
| File | What it does |
|---|---|
| `load_bundle.py` | Fixture loader. Parses BW binary + ASCII TXT into a `Bundle` dataclass with samples, metadata, body bytes. Used by most other scripts here. |
| `verify_tran.py` | Verifies `decode_tran_initial` against fixture ground truth across all events. Useful when you change the decoder and want a quick sanity check. |
| `inspect_5_11.py` | Inspects the 5-11-26 high-amplitude bundle's body structure, prints metadata, peaks, and block counts. |
| `walk_5_11.py` | Walks blocks for the 5-11-26 bundle and prints offset/tag/length/data. |
| `seg1_blocks.py` | Dumps all blocks in segment 1 of each event. The starting point for cracking multi-segment Tran continuation. |
| `full_tran.py` | Multi-segment Tran decoder attempt (broken — diverges at sample ~512). Useful as a starting scaffold for the next experiment. |
| `multi_segment.py` | Earlier multi-segment attempt with different segment-header consumption strategies. Records what didn't work. |
| `test_rle.py` | Tests `00 NN` interpretation as zero-RLE with different divisor values. Documents how the RLE rule was confirmed. |
## Superseded — keep for archaeology
| File | Superseded by |
|---|---|
| `walk_v2.py``walk_v5.py` | `walk_v6.py` and ultimately `minimateplus/waveform_codec.walk_body`. Each version represents one round of refinement. Don't read in isolation — read the diff between them to see what was learned. |
| `walk_chunks.py` | `walk_v6.py` / production walker |
| `decode_v1.py` | First naive decoder attempt. Wrong but readable. |
## Pure exploration — read if curious
| File | What it explored |
|---|---|
| `inspect_body.py` | Byte-frequency stats per event. Established that bytes 0x00 / 0x10 dominate. |
| `find_blocks.py` | Searched for repeating 2-byte tag patterns. |
| `find_signal_runs.py` | Searched for stretches of bytes that "look like a smooth signal" (small inter-byte deltas). Found the `20 NN` literal blocks. |
| `dump_head.py`, `dump_trailer.py`, `dump_around.py` | Hex dumpers at various body positions. |
| `compare_cd.py` | Byte-diff between event-c and event-d (same length, similar signal). Used to identify structural vs data bytes. |
| `brute_force.py` | Tested 96 combinations of channel-permutation × nibble-order × sign-convention × init-from-header on the quiet bundle. All failed because the quiet bundle had T[0]=T[1]=0, making the preamble undetectable. |
| `try_nibbles.py`, `try_layouts.py` | Earlier channel-interleaving hypotheses. All wrong. |
| `test_tran_continue.py` | Test of "Tran continues uninterrupted across `30 04` blocks" hypothesis. Disproven. |
---
## Adding new scripts
If you're picking up the codec work, feel free to add new scripts here.
Suggested conventions:
- Start the filename with what you're testing: `test_<hypothesis>.py`,
`verify_<piece>.py`, `inspect_<region>.py`.
- Print enough output that the reader can see exactly which events
match / diverge and where.
- When a finding is solid, move the verified logic to
`minimateplus/waveform_codec.py` and add a regression test in
`tests/test_waveform_codec.py` — don't leave the truth only in
this directory.
- If a script is fully superseded, leave it in place (don't delete) —
the fossil record is useful when re-evaluating hypotheses later.
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1L.V70", "M529LL1L.JQ0", "M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1A.SS0", "M529LL1A.SV0"):
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
body = f.read()[43:-26]
_, samples = _parse_txt(path + ".TXT")
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from analysis.load_bundle import _parse_txt
from minimateplus.waveform_codec import walk_body, find_data_start
ROOT = "decode-re/5-11-26"
ROOT = "tests/fixtures/5-11-26"
def main():
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from dataclasses import dataclass
BUNDLE_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "decode-re", "5-8-26")
BUNDLE_ROOT = os.path.join(
os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "tests", "fixtures", "decode-re-5-8-26"
)
@dataclass
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1L.V70", "M529LL1L.JQ0", "M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1A.SS0", "M529LL1A.SV0"):
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
body = f.read()[43:-26]
_, samples = _parse_txt(path + ".TXT")
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1L.JQ0", "M529LL1L.V70"):
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
body = f.read()[43:-26]
blocks = walk_body(body, find_data_start(body))
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1L.V70", "M529LL1L.JQ0", "M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1A.SS0", "M529LL1A.SV0"):
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
body = f.read()[43:-26]
_, samples = _parse_txt(path + ".TXT")
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def main():
stem = "M529LL1A.SS0"
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
body = f.read()[43:-26]
_, samples = _parse_txt(path + ".TXT")
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1A.SS0", "M529LL1A.SV0"):
path = f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}"
path = f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}"
with open(path, "rb") as f:
raw = f.read()
body = raw[43:-26]
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def main():
for stem in ("M529LL1A.SP0", "M529LL1A.SS0", "M529LL1A.SV0"):
with open(f"decode-re/5-11-26/{stem}", "rb") as f:
with open(f"tests/fixtures/5-11-26/{stem}", "rb") as f:
raw = f.read()
body = raw[43:-26]
start = find_data_start(body)