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Decoding 433 MHz KAKU signals

In AVR, Software on Mar 10, 2009 at 00:01

Here is a simple OOK receiver, hooked up to AIO port 3:

Decoding 433 MHz KAKU signals

The following interrupt-driven code will pick up signals from a “KlikAanKlikUit” remote control:

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It should be relatively easy to adapt this to other units. Signals in different protocols can be decoded at the same time, since all decoding state is maintained in a separate state machine.

Sample output:

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The KAKU units use a very crude signalling protocol, with no error checking other than sending a distinct bit pattern for 0’s and 1’s. The sample output has errors, in fact: the B7 after the B6 should have been a B6. It is probably best to only accept commands when they come in more than once in quick succession.

There can be quite a bit of noise from the receiver, in the form of random pulses. These will be ignored, but it may use up some CPU power to service all the corresponding interrupts.