On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Martin McCormick wrote:

>         One question I have for the list.  Are any of those IR detectors
> fast enough to handle a .1 MS pulse or a 10 KHZ pulse train?  The Sharp
> detector is good up to about 1400 or 1500 pulses per second at which point
> it starts to miss them.  I need a detector that would work at 9600 baud.
> I don't care if a bit gets mangled occasionally as long as most make it
> through.  I do not care about the carrier frequency since I will make the
> transmitter to match the receiver.

Try TI TSL262 or even better TSL260 or TSL261 which can detect lower
frequency but can detect a smaller IR signal.

chaipi

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