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Laser Transmitter Circuit, need help

Thread starter Frumpzorz
Start date Apr 27, 2011

May 13, 2011

Benm

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strik3 said:
i always wondered if you could use a 808nm diode as a long range tv remote.
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to the interwebz to i go to do some research on that

You can, but the sensitivity for 808 nm isn't typically very good. Its likely to work better with, say 5 mW of ~950nm than 200 mW of 808, and a lot safer too.