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RE: Boosting the IR Signal Info
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:35:25 GMT
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Bruce Powell <bdp@SPAMLESSoptushome.com.au>
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Sean,
Our Local Elections Supplier has this item, $ in Australian $. Local
Website www.dse.com.au
Cat# G1281. This looks like the sort of thing you want.
Bruce Powell
For easy control of audio and video equipment from anywhere in the house!
Transmitter receives infra-red signals from the remote which are converted
to a radio signal and sent through the house. SV1000.
Features: Easy control of Audio/Video equipment from anywhere in the house
eg. watch video on bedroom television, when video player is located in
another room. No need to get up and move to rewind,pause,replay etc.
Transmitter receives infrared signal from remote which is converted to a
radio signal and is sent through the house to the receiver, which in turn
coverts signal back to infrared and activates the actual device.
Cat No. G1281 Category: TVs - portable A$138 incl GST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Watson [mailto:SeanWatson@ec.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:05 AM
> To: Lego Mailing List
> Subject: Boosting the IR Signal Info
>
>
> From what I have read and understand, the IR communication
> process of the
> RCX and the Tower are a bit limited. Now I know I'm
> demanding, but I don't
> have a couple thousand(or hundred thousand) to drop down on a
> high level
> scientific robot, so I'm trying to make due. I would like to
> significantly
> improve the communications system of the RCX and the Tower,
> but it is my
> understanding that you begin running into the trouble of
> burning up the
> equipment(mainly the IR LEDs). So I started thinking about
> it, and I would
> imagine there has to be equipment out there for boosting,
> transmitting, and
> receiving IR signals. So I would think I could get such
> equipment and find a
> way to rig it to work with the RCX and IR Tower.
>
> So, to get to the point of why I'm mailing you all, I wanted to see if
> anyone has already attempted this, and if so, what where your results?
>
> Also, I wanted to thank all of you for your excellent
> responses so far to my
> other questions. This is a great community and I hope to
> contribute as much
> as I receive.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/swatson001/research/research.html
>
> Sean Watson
> SeanWatson@ec.rr.com
> http://home.ec.rr.com/seanwatson/
>
> "Your focus determines your reality" - Qui-Gon Ginn
>
>
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| (...) Hi All, there's something similar awailable in Europe. CONRAD Electronics sells it. Have a look at conrad.com, chose your country (or international) and put the partnumber (351032-62) in the search-product-field. It costs about 70 DM (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Boosting the IR Signal Info
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| From what I have read and understand, the IR communication process of the RCX and the Tower are a bit limited. Now I know I'm demanding, but I don't have a couple thousand(or hundred thousand) to drop down on a high level scientific robot, so I'm (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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