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

It all depends on the quality of your laser diode...


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