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. 2024 Feb 7;10:e1759. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1759
Algorithm 2. Laser Receiver for LCS:
Receiver Algorithm: Deciphers the laser pulses back into the original data types. It uses a solar cell to detect the signal and processes the light variations to reconstruct the transmitted information.
Input: Laser signals read through the solar cell
Output: Output the interpreted data appropriately
1: initialize receivedMessage as an empty string
2: initialize receivedChar as a character
3: while true do
4: receivedChar <- receiveChar() function
5: if receivedChar is a newline character then break the loop
6: receivedMessage <- receivedMessage + receivedChar
7: if receivedMessage starts with a text identifier then do
8: print “Received text: ” + receivedMessage
9: end if
10: else if receivedMessage starts with an audio identifier then do
11: initialize startTime as the current time in milliseconds
12: while the difference between the current time and startTime is less than 10000 ms (10 s) do
13: audioValue <- receiveChar()
14: scaledValue <- map audioValue from range 0-255 to 0-1023
15: write scaledValue to audioOutPin
16: write 0 to audioOutPin to turn off the speaker
17: end while
18: end else if
19: else if receivedMessage starts with an image identifier then do
20: for i = 0 to 239 (representing each line of the image) do
21: for j = 0 to 319 (representing each pixel in the line) do
22: pixelValue <- receiveChar()