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How R/C Works -
Thinking Inside the R/C Box

By: David Coombs - VeeTail product Designer

Contents:

Section 1: Introduction
*1 Scope
*1.2What R/C Systems Do
*1.3Mechanical Connections

Section 2: Radio Synopsis
*2 Electrical Signals
*2.1A (very) Brief Radio Synopsis

Section 3: Generating the Pulse Stream
*3 Generating the Pulse Stream
*3.1The Low Frequency Oscillator Circuit
*3.2The One-Shot Circuit
*3.3The Digital NOT Term
*3.4Putting It All Together

Section 4: Decoding the Pulse Stream
*4 Decoding the Pulse Stream Inside the Receiver
*4.1The Flip-Flop Circuit
*4.2Separating the Channels
*4.3A Practical Example
*4.4Defining the Command Signal

Section 5: The Servo
*5 The Servo
*5.1Position Feedback and Servo Error
*5.2Comparing the Command Signal to Position Feedback
*5.3Creating a Comparable Command Pulse
*5.4Comparing the Feedback Pulse to the Command Pulse
*5.5Servo Error
*5.6Servo Mechanics
*5.7Compensating for Servo Error

General Table
of Contents
Sections
Introduction - A Brief Radio Synopsis - The Pulse Stream - Decoding the Pulse Stream - The Servo - 
How R/C Works - Thinking Inside the R/C Box...

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