On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Josh Koffman wrote: > Hi All. > > I've been asked to help with a bit of background research for an idea > a friend of mine had. He wants to do some data over powerline > transmissions. This isn't long distance (it would be within the same > building). A few years ago I would have said that it wasn't going to > be that possible, but with the number of broadband over powerline > devices and the plethora of home networking extenders that use power > lines, maybe things have changed? HomePlug. Technology is mature and readily available off the shelf - was already available a few years ago (I remember first discussing stuff like this well over 10 years ago). Personally I have fundamental objections to the use of this kit, due to the RF interference it causes in the HF band, but if you're keeping it within a single building at low power and don't have any radio amateur neighbours it's probably not that big a deal. Chris --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .