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Re: Laser pointing devices could cause damage
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Date: 
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 23:51:43 GMT
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It is not a CdS photo resistor.  I'm pretty sure its a silicon photo
transistor.  Anyway you would have to put so much light in it that it melted
to damage it.  A laser pointer will not hurt it.



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  Re: Laser pointing devices could cause damage
 
(...) Well, I didn't even take that into consideration when I tried it. It worked, and I haven't noticed any change in the performance of my sensor. I'm not exactly sure how the sensor works, but I'm pretty sure it's a CdS photoresistor, so the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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