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User asked the right question: do events without 30 NN blocks decode fully? Answer: YES. event-a: Tran 3328 ✓ Vert 3328 ✓ Long 3328 ✓ (28 segments, 0 '30 NN') event-c: Tran 1280 ✓ Vert 1280 ✓ Long 1280 ✓ (12 segments, 0 '30 NN') event-d: Tran 1280 ✓ Vert 1280 ✓ Long 1280 ✓ (12 segments, 0 '30 NN') 17,664 ADC samples decoded byte-exact against BW's ASCII export. Zero divergences across event-a, event-c, event-d. This means the codec is FULLY SOLVED for any event without 30 NN blocks. The remaining gap is the 30 NN block format only — used for high-amplitude regions where deltas exceed int8 range. For quiet events (or quiet stretches of loud events), the decoder is complete. 9 new regression tests bring the total to 55, all passing. Files: tests/test_waveform_codec.py + docs/waveform_codec_re_status.md + new analysis/verify_quiet_bundle.py.
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.pyand add a regression test intests/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.