On 29 May 2005, at 19:42, Tobias Wieler wrote: > I want to do a bidirectional half duplex communication The transmitter and receiver (at one end) do not have to both be in the hole at once then? - Unless the changeover time is too short (say less than 10mS?). You could use something like an open relay armature to position one or the other in the correct place - or a rotating disc - or mount the detector on one side of the pcbs and the emitter the other and do a 180 degree flip... George Smith -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist