To: Utilizer
This looks interesting. I happen to have quite a few LEDs laying about, and wonder if I can adapt an old network card or hub to utilize similar technology to work with them instead of wires or RF? Light is RF.
And any network is only going to be line-of-sight.
Light doesn't pass through walls.
3 posted on
11/05/2013 9:47:23 AM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Light is RF. Beg to differ, mate. Started out on CB transceivers, and 27MHz RF is not "Light" by any stretch of the imagination.
As far as not passing through walls, for between rooms all you need is a light pipe with convex ends. Or an Active Repeater, if you do not mind the latency. External, who doesn't know what an "Antenna" is?
6 posted on
11/05/2013 9:52:46 AM PST by
Utilizer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Why do you say Light is RF?
Can you express your frequency ranges for each?
7 posted on
11/05/2013 9:54:25 AM PST by
AlmaKing
To: E. Pluribus Unum
By off the shelf, is this simply taking a fiber-optic card, attaching external LED (CREE 4 for some real throw), and directing it over line of sight?
Nice idea. Android app for sending and receiving Morse works similarly, if brightly using the camera’s led flash to emit.
More fun.
9 posted on
11/05/2013 9:58:20 AM PST by
petro45acp
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Light is RF In this case, wouldn't it be Ri-Fi ??
Bad joke aside, you're right in that it's all EM radiation ...
22 posted on
11/05/2013 10:17:46 AM PST by
mikrofon
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
27 posted on
11/05/2013 10:43:01 AM PST by
Mechanicos
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