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LittleSam129
3d14c75365 Lab042: add hardware loopback specification
Specification for the first transmission through real hardware. The
project has no TX call anywhere across Lab001-Lab041, so the whole chain
exists but has never been connected to a transmitter.

Scope is deliberately minimal: get a JPEG through a cable loopback on a
single PlutoSDR and see the picture. Single device means TX and RX share
a reference clock, which removes the carrier offset and clock drift that
the receiver chain handles weakest.

- reuse Lab018 signal parameters unchanged, so hardware is the only new
  variable
- reuse image_fragments, packet, build_radio_frame, find_radio_frame
- list the first-time traps: cyclic TX buffer, sample scaling, RX started
  after TX, undersized RX buffer, automatic gain, receiver saturation
- define acceptance criteria and required measurements
- state explicitly what is out of scope: retransmission, erasure coding,
  higher rate, two devices, over-the-air

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-10 11:39:39 +03:00