Re: TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications


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Re: TI-H: Radio/Infrared/Laser Communications






Gregory Whitmore wrote:

> Grant, I hope you were kidding about this. You do know that the laser diode
> has to have a very well regulated driver circuit or it won't last long at
> all. You can't just put it in place of an ILED.
>

The trick would be integrating it with a driver circuit. I'm sure that's hard
enough because most aren't made to be used as a high speed communication link.
I wonder what the switching speed on one of the drivers is? I've seen the
diodes and driver cards together for about $30, but just the other day I bought
a nice little laser pointer for $13... Maybe that could be gutted and used?
                                -Michael Malluck


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