r2t2
Dev tools
data transmission tool
SHOW HN2021
189points
71comments
#245of 2,533 in 2021
Top 10%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool, fun project and nice name
From 3 comments
This is so cool! and I love the name! Thank you for sharing.
BaconJuice on HNAmazing work!
TedDoesntTalk on HNWell done, great demo!
fpopa on HN
Objections
Speed is slow: 16 bytes in several seconds
From 2 comments
What is the transfer rate?
cyberge99 on HNYou can add a command-line argument to change the Tx protocol between 3 types as explained in the README. Here are the transfer rates for the 3 protocols: - [R2T2] Normal : 16…
ggerganov on HN
Requests
Support for transferring over the regular sound card or microphone
From 1 comment
Well I should say through the sound system (through your laptop's speaker and microphone). I don't think it would work with the old original IBM PC motherboard speaker.
jhallenworld on HN
Questions
What is the transfer rate?
From 1 comment
What is the transfer rate?
cyberge99 on HN
Why does it require sudo?
From 1 comment
why does it require sudo?
jamesdwilson on HN
Alternatives named
fldigi
From 1 comment
Well you should try "fldigi"- this is a tool with many modulation and demodulation schemes used for amateur radio- they end up going to the transceiver via audio so it works just…
jhallenworld on HN
Quietnet, minimodem, quiet-js
From 1 comment
There was a whole wave of interest in this space in 2014. I believe @kategeek did the first easy-to-use library with Quietnet ;) https://github.com/Katee/quietnet Some other…
nikisweeting on HN
Chirp ultrasonic data
From 1 comment
I remember there being something called Chirp (I think) that had a neat demo where you have two phones download the app, put the phones into aeroplane mode, and then you can…
tsujp on HN
amodem
From 1 comment
Reminds me of amodem https://github.com/romanz/amodem
rkagerer on HN