Andrew Warren wrote:
> ....
> Now let's do the math for your "parity bit for each data bit"
> solution:  Each bit has an error rate of 0.01%, so the error rate for
> the whole packet will be approximately 0.32%.
> ...

I haven't looked at all the maths, but this is not right.

You start assuming 99% okay bits, then say 0.01% change of error in a bit,
not 1%.

If 1% chance of error in a bit, then 32 bits has 27% change of error
(1-0.99^32).

Admittedly for a 0.01% error, 32 bits is about 0.3195% error rate...

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