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\title{Morse reception state machine}
\author{R.P. Clark}

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\section{Introduction}

State machine for morse rt decoding.
\begin{itemize}
    \item 0: IDLE --- start state
    \item 1: KEY\_DN --- Morse KEY is DOWN
    \item 2: DIT --- Morse DIT element registered
    \item 3: DAH --- Morse DAH element registered
    \item 4: END\_CHAR --- One morse character registered i.e. (A-Z0-9)
    \item 5: SPACE --- One SPACE between characters registered
\end{itemize}
The relationships between these states is shown in figure~\ref{fig:morse_rt_reception},
the time $\tau$ is 50mS for 20 characters per minute Morse code.
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\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}

\node[state, initial] (q0) at (2,12) {0:IDLE};
\node[state] (q1) at (4,9) {1:KEY\_DN};
\node[state, accepting] at (10,6) (q2) {2:DIT};
\node[state, accepting] at (8,6) (q3) {3:DAH};
\node[state, accepting] at (4,3) (q4) {4:END\_CHAR};
\node[state, accepting] at (2,0) (q5) {5:SPACE};

\draw (q0) edge[->>,right] node{key down} (q1)
(q1) edge[->>,right] node{KEY\_UP $\tau \approx 1$} (q2)
(q1) edge[->>,left] node{KEY\_UP $\tau \approx 3$} (q3)
(q2) edge[->>,right] node{$\tau \approx 3$} (q4)
(q3) edge[->>,left] node{$\tau \approx 3$} (q4)
(q4) edge[->>,left] node{$\tau > 4$} (q5)
(q5) edge[->>,right, bend left, left=4.3] node{key down} (q1)
(q4) edge[->>,left, bend left, left=4.3] node{key down} (q1)
;
\end{tikzpicture}
    \caption{State diagram for morse real time reception}
    \label{fig:morse_rt_reception}
\end{figure}


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