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Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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Date: 
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.
> 
> 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>
> 
> The details are at <http://www.tau.ac.il/~stoledo/lego/AVR-ir/>.
> 
> 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 (...) (19 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)

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