Maker Faire is a 2.4GHz calamity, and I've known people who had projects reliant on 2.4GHz communication to fail entirely. For my part, if I could use something other than 2.4GHz, I would, just on general principle. MikeH On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Neil wrote: > Maker Faire is coming up in a few months, and as part of a possible > project I need to control about 6 devices moving on a platform. I'm > considering either IR with an overhead TX, multiplexing the signals and > each device selecting only the part of the message they want, or the > nRF24L01+ devices which are really low-cost now. My concern with the > nRF24L01 is interference. I just ordered some to tinker with, but > having not used this yet, I'm not sure how exactly they work and if > they'll be susceptible to interference from the various WiFi networks > and the possibility of others possibly using the same device for their > projects. Anyone with experience on these know if I should not choose > that path? > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .