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Does this coding look familiar to anyone? RC transmitter
- Thread starter HANKMARS
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The transmitter in this case is from a Chamberlain (Sears) garage door opener from around 1980. When a signal was sent from this transmitter, what I found on the receiver board was a little "burp" on the output of the op-amp that resided on the receiver board. The output voltage would stutter for about a half second then jump to 1.5 volt above its quiescence level for another half second. This was enough of a signal to condition and update the logic circuit in the gate opener unit that I constructed. I am still curious as to what the "official" signal was out of the receiver circuit and how it was differentiated from the other possible 143 signals.
Hello Hankmars
The waveform reminds me of my old radio control model digital proportional transmitter modulation - the wider low period was used for synchronising. Each pulse after was passed to a servo. Each high pulse width was varied through the transmitter joysticks (varied between 1 to 2ms) and set the servo position ie the elevator, motor, rudder position etc. Repetition rate was around 50Hz. This describes in better detail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled_model
Are there any IC's identifiable in say the receiver - maybe searching on their part number will bring up useful datasheets.
Hope there's a clue somewhere for you, happy hunting
Roger
The waveform reminds me of my old radio control model digital proportional transmitter modulation - the wider low period was used for synchronising. Each pulse after was passed to a servo. Each high pulse width was varied through the transmitter joysticks (varied between 1 to 2ms) and set the servo position ie the elevator, motor, rudder position etc. Repetition rate was around 50Hz. This describes in better detail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled_model
Are there any IC's identifiable in say the receiver - maybe searching on their part number will bring up useful datasheets.
Hope there's a clue somewhere for you, happy hunting
Roger
I did take some IC numbers from what appeared to be a Tx and Rx set. One each located on their respective board. I think it was the Tx component data sheet that I found, or it may have merely a chip for sale. A little vague on the memory.
