On 6/3/2011 11:17 AM, Sean Breheny wrote: > Hi all, > > I am about to design a product which will be in use for at least 10 > years and needs a medium range (about 50cm max) free-space optical > data link, low speed (under 9600 bps is fine - even 1200 bps would be > acceptable). The product contains both sides of the link so it does > not have to communicate with standard products. It needs to be robust > to a fair amount of dust (up to a 1cm layer of paper dust) and be able > to work in normal ambient room light (i.e., not outdoors). > > =20 Is that 1cm or 1mm of dust? Did my wife send you the specs for my office? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .