Electronic Goldmine ( 1-800-445-0697  )has some IR remote controls and some
reciever boards to match for $5.95 each.  I was wondering if these had a
chance of working in broad daylight.  Has anybody tried IR remotes in
daylight?


--Lawrence

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From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@PARADISE.NET.NZ>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: RF Transmitter, Receiver


> Must it be RF?
> Infra Red will cover this range easily provided there are not problems
with
> optical line of sight.
> At 10 feet you can point the transmitting LED in almost any direction
> indoors and still get "copy".
> 38 kHz receivers (or thereabouts) are available as integrated 3 lead
devices
> complete with lense and the transmitter is as little as an IR LED and a
> resistor and possibly a transistor and another resistor.
>
>         RM
>
>
>
> > Folks, I need a transmitter, receiver to integrate in a product, where
the
> range required is minimal (not more that 10 feet). Also, the bandwidth
> requirement is exremely minimal; a few bytes to be sent every few minutes.
>
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