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Domesday Duplicator

Harry Munday edited this page Dec 3, 2023 · 20 revisions

Domesday Duplicator

The Domesday Duplicator is a USB 3.0 hardware solution for capturing LaserDisc RF at 40msps 10-bit suitable for use capturing many FM RF based formats as well.

Its documentation orignally lived on Domesday86.com project pages but is now moved onto GitHub.

Docs

Physical Gain Control

0000 is 1-2-3-4 dips, In orientation to bottom numbers up is 1 and down is 0.

All selected in this up position is 1111 or 2.02 Minimum Gain When dip’s 2-3-4 are down it's 1000 this is the maximum gain of 8.5, the table below shows all possible positions.

Configuration Switch Position Gain
15 1111 2.02
7 0111 2.17
11 1011 2.27
13 1101 2.45
3 0011 2.54
14 1110 2.59
5 0101 2.79
6 0110 3.02
9 1001 3.04
10 1010 3.34
1 0001 3.8
12 1100 4
2 0010 4.4
4 0100 6
8 1000 8.5

Software

The software is a GUI based capture tool, with a serial control interface for LaserDisc players.

Linux Install / MacOS Builds / Windows Builds

Note!:

Enable RMS Messurement to have a live readout.

Enable stop captures on sequence mistmach if your seeing dropped samples with your setup.

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