USB Serial Timecode Reader

Reads SMPTE timecode from an XLR audio connection and converts to serial data via a USB virtual serial port. USB B socket for USB connection.


The serial data is readable from Mac, Windows 10 and Linux with no drivers required.

Sample code for Python is available.

Can be used with the Astra Studio OnAirScreen for an LTC locked time display. See here for more details.

Serial data layout:
In binary {HOURS 0-23}, {MINUTES 0-59}, {SECONDS 0-59}, {FRAMES 0-29}, {RESERVED}, {RESERVED}, 0x55, 0xAA

https://github.com/simontheu/LBE-1110-Scripts -- Example Python script that will print timecode to the console.

Videos of it in action:

Serial terminal application showing hex output of serial device:



Console output of sample python script available from Github: