So do pdf-417 barcodes. I remember writing the code for pdf417_decode and pdf417_encode (freeware) back in the day. The Blahut book on error correcting codes was a great help, but all the examples where using binary galois fields. The pdf-417 used a field of powers of 3 mode 929, so my brain had to figure out how that worked and put it into code.
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QR codes use Reed Solomon codes
So do pdf-417 barcodes. I remember writing the code for pdf417_decode and pdf417_encode (freeware) back in the day. The Blahut book on error correcting codes was a great help, but all the examples where using binary galois fields. The pdf-417 used a field of powers of 3 mode 929, so my brain had to figure out how that worked and put it into code.