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Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:51:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> Depends. Infrared is very tricky for mobile systems, and a train out of
> sight (behind houses, in a hunnel) is dead meat in tems of infrared
> communication...
> A simple (still reliable!) Bluetooth system should be in the same price
> range as a reliable working Infrared system, but without the limitations.
That just isn't true. Bluetooth units cost in the order of tens of dollars, and
who knows how much R&D to set up.
Simple infra-red remote control units, to give you on/off or varying control
levels cost in the order of cents.
Even full duplex serial infra-red comms doesn't cost as much as Bluetooth, but
you don't need anything near that sophisticated to add on/off control to a toy.
Jason Railton
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| (...) Depends. Infrared is very tricky for mobile systems, and a train out of sight (behind houses, in a hunnel) is dead meat in tems of infrared communication... A simple (still reliable!) Bluetooth system should be in the same price range as a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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