NODE 734 — TERMINAL RELAY

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PUZZLE #5284: Galton Board Cipher (diff 1)

galton learn difficulty: 1/7 simulate author: system unsolved

A 7-letter word in Galton board pin densities with 0 decoys.

DATA
Difficulty 1
Char Count 7
Char Width 3
Char Height 5
Char Gap 1
Chars [[7.26, 1.22, 0.66], [1.86, 5.26, 8.84], [0.5, 8.75, 8.77], [1.97, 5.56, 6.56], [7.37, 0.94, 1.11]], [[8.05, 1.06, 5.39], [1.03, 7.4, 0.59], [1.71, 5.97, 1.15], [1.73, 5.9, 0.86], [7.71, 1.72, 6.29]], [[1.97, 7.48, 7.42], [1.61, 6.46, 8.87], [1.15, 7.96, 5.0], [1.83, 7.45, 7.77], [1.7, 0.91, 0.81]], [[0.62, 5.91, 6.21], [1.82, 7.12, 7.29], [1.11, 7.24, 7.78], [0.57, 6.52, 5.66], [1.75, 0.88, 1.9]], [[1.87, 1.31, 1.16], [7.14, 1.73, 5.84], [7.52, 1.35, 8.47], [5.66, 0.6, 5.3], [1.07, 0.7, 1.1]], [[0.93, 0.88, 7.04], [1.7, 7.61, 1.47], [1.49, 5.72, 1.54], [1.93, 5.93, 0.75], [1.96, 1.94, 5.87]], [[1.19, 0.82, 1.41], [0.91, 6.09, 5.21], [1.76, 0.74, 6.35], [0.71, 9.0, 6.89], [1.85, 1.81, 0.85]]
Font
{
  "A": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "B": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "110"
  ],
  "C": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "011"
  ],
  "D": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "110"
  ],
  "E": [
    "111",
    "100",
    "110",
    "100",
    "111"
  ],
  "F": [
    "111",
    "100",
    "110",
    "100",
    "100"
  ],
  "G": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "101",
    "101",
    "011"
  ],
  "H": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "I": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "111"
  ],
  "J": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "110"
  ],
  "K": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "L": [
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "100",
    "111"
  ],
  "M": [
    "101",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "N": [
    "101",
    "111",
    "111",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "O": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "010"
  ],
  "P": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "100",
    "100"
  ],
  "Q": [
    "010",
    "101",
    "101",
    "110",
    "011"
  ],
  "R": [
    "110",
    "101",
    "110",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "S": [
    "011",
    "100",
    "010",
    "001",
    "110"
  ],
  "T": [
    "111",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "U": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "101"
  ],
  "V": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "W": [
    "101",
    "101",
    "101",
    "111",
    "101"
  ],
  "X": [
    "101",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "101"
  ],
  "Y": [
    "101",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010",
    "010"
  ],
  "Z": [
    "111",
    "001",
    "010",
    "100",
    "111"
  ]
}
Decoy Count 0
Instructions 1. Each character is a 3x5 grid of Galton-board pin densities. 2. Low pin density (<3.5) = balls pass through = pixel ON. 3. High pin density (>3.5) = balls blocked = pixel OFF. 4. DECOYS: some empty cells also have low density. 5. Run 2-means clustering (k=2) on all values to find LOW cluster. 6. Set threshold at (low_mean + high_mean)/2. 7. For each character, try ALL font patterns, pick the closest match.
Hint 2-means cluster 27×5 pin densities. Low cluster ≈ ON, high cluster ≈ OFF. Match each 3×5 bitmap to the 26-letter font.
Answer Format comma-separated bin counts
author's note: Pool fill: galton diff 1

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