Displays either a static qr code or a stream of raptor-encoded ones.

Kinda needs a client now to really test.

Cargo.lock

@@ -901,6 +901,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cuttle"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "eframe",
+ "egui_extras",
+ "env_logger",
+ "fast_qr",
+ "png",
+ "rand",
+ "raptorq",
+ "rkyv",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "d3d12"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1443,20 +1458,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "godiva"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "clap",
- "eframe",
- "egui_extras",
- "env_logger",
- "fast_qr",
- "png",
- "raptorq",
- "rkyv",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gpu-alloc"
 version = "0.5.4"

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "godiva"
+name = "cuttle"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ eframe = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["default_font
 egui_extras = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["chrono", "image"] }
 env_logger = "*"
 fast_qr = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["image"] }
+png = "0.17.6" # pinning this to resolve conflict between eframe and fast_qr with the image crate
+rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 raptorq = "1.7"
-# pinning this to resolve conflict between eframe and fast_qr with the image crate
-png = "0.17.6"
 rkyv = { version = "0.7.42", features = ["validation"] }

README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Godiva, a flasher with a message
+# Cuttle, a flasher with a message
 
-Godiva is a desktop application for transfering data from one computer to another by displaying a [possibly
+Cuttle is a desktop application for transfering data from one computer to another by displaying a
-endless] stream of [QR encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) [Raptor
+[possibly endless] stream of [QR encoded](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) [Raptor
-codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_code), and then on the receiving side, a camera to read
+codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_code), so that a camera-equipped different computer can
-the QR codes and turn them back into the original content.
+read the QR codes and turn them back into the original content.
 
-## what?
+## Tell me more!
 
 Raptor codes are a type of [fountain code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_code); fountain
 codes are a way to encode data as a stream of error-correcting pieces of that data; as long as you
@@ -16,21 +16,24 @@ and not care if anyone is receiving, and receivers don't have to worry about mis
 needed; they're guaranteed to get everything they need as long as they listen long enough. I think
 that's pretty cool!
 
-So the idea here is to give it a file (or short string of text) you want transferred to a different
+So the idea here is to give it a file (or short string of text) that you want transferred to a
-machine (probably a mobile phone running a little app I'll be writing), and it will start producing
+different computer (like a mobile phone running a little companion app), and it will start producing
-raptor codes for that file. Each piece of raptor code then gets encoded as a QR code, and then
+Raptor codes for that file. Each piece of Raptor code then gets encoded as a QR code, and then
 displayed for a period of time on the screen. The user then holds up the receiving computer's camera
 in order to receive the QR encoded raptor codes, and, *voila*, the file has been transferred!
 
-# status
+# Current status
 
-I literally just started this today, and currently it will produce a single QR code for a given
+The desktop transmitting application is nearly done; already it can convert text input into QR codes
-input string, and display that. Honestly, this is already genuinely useful to me; sometimes I want
+(either a single static one if the data is small enough, otherwise it will stream a never ending
-to look at a url on my phone, and the camera app will let me look at a QR code and interpret text as
+loop of them), and the mobile app has been started. Even without the mobile app, it's still
-a link. But I hope to have a quick and dirty mobile app soon that will let me test streaming codes.
+already useful for transmitting short text strings to the phone, since the Android camera app will
+decode any detected QR codes.
+
+The mobile app has been started, and I hope to have it decoding QR streams soon!
 
 # about the name
 
-[Lady Godiva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva), in legend, rode naked through her town in
+[Cuttlefish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish) are small but very intelligent cephalopods
-order to send a message to her husband about the plight of the downtrodden under his
+whose bodies are covered in a 15hz multi-color, multi-polarity, pixel-mapped display that they use
-landlordship.
+to visually communicate with other cuttlefish, as well as to dazzle predators and prey.

src/main.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
-use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::{ffi::OsString, time::Duration};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use eframe::egui;
 use egui_extras::RetainedImage;
 use fast_qr::convert::image::ImageBuilder;
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use raptorq::{Encoder, ObjectTransmissionInformation};
+
+pub const MTU: u16 = 776;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(author, version, trailing_var_arg = true)]
 struct Cli {
     #[clap(long, short, help = "File to expose")]
     pub file: Option<OsString>,
-    #[clap(help = "all remaining arguments treated as a string; ignored if `-f` is given")]
+
+    #[clap(long, short, help = "Frames per second", default_value_t = 10)]
+    pub rate: u64,
+    #[clap(
+        help = "all remaining arguments treated as a string; this string is the whole message if `-f` is not given, otherwise it's an optional description of the file"
+    )]
     text: Vec<String>,
 }
 
@@ -25,46 +34,112 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
 
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
-    let content = if let Some(file) = cli.file {
+    let flasher = if let Some(ref file) = cli.file {
-        file.to_string_lossy().bytes().collect()
+        let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(1);
+        let content = Content::Streaming(rx);
+        let heading = if cli.text.is_empty() {
+            file.to_string_lossy().to_string()
         } else {
-        cli.text().join(" ").bytes().collect()
+            cli.text().join(" ")
         };
 
-    //println!("content: {content}");
+        stream_file(file, tx, cli.rate);
+
+        Flasher {
+            heading,
+            content,
+            rate: cli.rate,
+        }
+    } else {
+        let heading = "text message".to_string();
+        let bytes: Vec<u8> = cli.text().join(" ").bytes().collect();
+        let bytes = bytes.leak();
+        let content = Content::Static(bytes);
+
+        Flasher {
+            heading,
+            content,
+            rate: cli.rate,
+        }
+    };
 
     let options = eframe::NativeOptions {
         initial_window_size: Some(egui::vec2(1200.0, 1200.0)),
+        active: true,
+        vsync: true,
         ..Default::default()
     };
 
     eframe::run_native(
-        "Show an image with eframe/egui",
+        "Cuttle: optical insanity",
         options,
-        Box::new(|_cc| Box::new(Flasher { content })),
+        Box::new(move |_cc| Box::new(flasher)),
     )
 }
 
 struct Flasher {
-    pub content: Vec<u8>,
+    pub heading: String,
+    pub content: Content,
+    pub rate: u64,
+}
+
+enum Content {
+    Static(&'static [u8]),
+    Streaming(std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Vec<u8>>),
 }
 
 impl eframe::App for Flasher {
     fn update(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
+        let sleep = 1000.0 / self.rate as f64;
+        ctx.request_repaint_after(Duration::from_millis(sleep as u64));
         egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
-            let heading_text = String::from_utf8(self.content.clone()).unwrap();
+            ui.heading(&self.heading);
-            ui.heading(heading_text);
+            let img = match self.content {
-            let qr = fast_qr::QRBuilder::new(self.content.clone())
+                Content::Static(bytes) => mk_img(bytes),
-                .build()
+                Content::Streaming(ref rx) => {
-                .unwrap();
+                    if let Ok(bytes) = rx.try_recv() {
+                        mk_img(&bytes)
+                    } else {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            img.show(ui);
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+fn mk_img(bytes: &[u8]) -> RetainedImage {
+    let qr = fast_qr::QRBuilder::new(bytes).build().unwrap();
     let bytes = ImageBuilder::default()
         .fit_width(1100)
         .to_pixmap(&qr)
         .encode_png()
         .unwrap();
 
-            let img = RetainedImage::from_image_bytes("generated qr code", &bytes).unwrap();
+    RetainedImage::from_image_bytes("generated qr code", &bytes).unwrap()
-            img.show(ui);
+}
+
+fn stream_file(file: &OsString, tx: std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender<Vec<u8>>, rate: u64) {
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(file).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("tried to open {file:?}, got {e:?}"));
+
+    let sleep = (1000.0 / rate as f64) as u64;
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let rng = &mut rand::thread_rng();
+        let config = ObjectTransmissionInformation::with_defaults(bytes.len() as u64, MTU);
+        let encoder = Encoder::new(&bytes, config);
+        let mut packets = encoder
+            .get_encoded_packets(10)
+            .iter()
+            .map(|p| p.serialize())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        packets.shuffle(rng);
+        dbg!(&packets.len());
+
+        for (_counter, packet) in packets.iter().cycle().enumerate() {
+            tx.send(packet.clone()).unwrap();
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(sleep));
+        }
     });
 }
-}