On 03/06/2011 18:57, doug metzler wrote:
> how is light going to get through a cm of dust?  Is this pixie dust?
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> DougM
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> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Sean Breheny<shb7@cornell.edu>  wrote:

IRDA is a high speed protocol it likely won't.

with basic IR remote control you can use more power on LED (it's only an=20
LED and you add your own driver) and it would only be 1200 bps on 38kHz=20
OOK carrier.

Depends how tight packed the dust is, I'd not rule it out without a test.
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