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Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:05:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Sivan Toledo wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Dave Curtis wrote:
> > One thought that comes to mind is that if we can reverse engineer the IR
> > protocol, there is no reason we can't build repeaters or our own controllers.
> > You could sprinkle IR transmitters throughout the layout and wire them all in
> > parallel. With that, the loco should never be out of reliable communication
> > range.
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> I already did something very close. I reversed engineer the IR protocol of the
> Power Functions and created a small device that can both send and receive IR
> commands. • <snip>
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> The details are at <http://www.tau.ac.il/~stoledo/lego/AVR-ir/>.
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> Sivan
Very good! That is exactly what I was thinking. I work a lot with AVR's, too,
so I'm happy to see you made the "right" choice in microcontrollers :)
-dave
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| (...) I already did something very close. I reversed engineer the IR protocol of the Power Functions and created a small device that can both send and receive IR commands. The components in this device probably cost around $10-15 (but excluding the (...) (16 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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