Ah, yes, they are separated, yes. Well, I'm stuck at this point... Jan-Erik. -----Original Message----- From: Jai Dhar [mailto:jdhar@ENGMAIL.UWATERLOO.CA] Sent: den 8 juni 2003 01:01 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC]: IR sending/receiving Again, I think I may have confused the wording here :-) The setups that = I have=20 seen in most Datasheets so far have some sort of IrDA chip (MCP2120 for = example) which goes to the TX and RX lines of an IrDA Transceiver. So = far I=20 haven't seen anything that combines the Chip and Transceiver in one = (Although=20 it would be nice)... so I was thinking if I could just add LED's from = the TX=20 line of the chip. Does this make any more sense? Quoting "Jan-erik S=F6derholm (QAC)" = : > Don't know. >=20 > I'v just seen the specs in teh data sheets. >=20 > My *guess* would be that IrDA is capable of *much* > higher speeds then a regular "remote". And that's > why there are limitations on the range. >=20 > And, by using IrDA "modules", you can not just "add" > any LED's to the module, it's all ready built and > integrated in a common package. At least the ones > I have seen. >=20 > Jan-Erik. >=20 >=20 > Jai Dhar wrote: > > Assuming that the difference in hardware lies mainly in the = transmitting > LED's, > > could I just add a few IR-LED's onto my transmitting board to = extend the > range? > > Having them connected to the TX line of course... >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics >=20 ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics