Run-Length-Limited Encoding Simulation
written by Teresa Carrigan
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HOW IT WORKS
A random bit pattern is generated, from seven to ten bits long. This is the data that we want to store on the magnetic disk.Starting from the left-most bit, we find a bit pattern (two to four bits) that has an RLL encoding. 10 becomes 0100, 11 becomes 1000, 000 becomes 000100, 010 becomes 100100, 011 becomes 001000, 0010 becomes 00100100, and 0011 becomes 00001000. This is repeated until the entire data bit pattern is encoded.
The RLL encoding of the data is then sent to the magnetic disk using NRZI transmission encoding. For each bit sent, both a synchronization clock pulse and the transmission waveform are displayed.
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