[MLB-WIRELESS] optical links, was Re: Fwd: Lord of the Rings style link to NASA Canberra

emdeex emdeex at gmail.com
Thu Jul 31 20:50:27 EST 2008


It sounds like it'll work.  The hardest part seems to be the labour
involved in the actual build of the unit.  Circuit board, mirrors,
housing...

But once you've built one, I guess its easy from there.  Looks awesome and fun!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Sjors Provoost <sjors at sprovoost.nl> wrote:
> Kim wrote:
>> http://ronja.twibright.com/
>>
>> "About Ronja
>>
>> Ronja is a free technology project for reliable optical data links with a
>> current range of 1.4km and a communication speed of 10Mbps full duplex.
>
> Wow, that looks impressive: < $100 material costs, even unexperienced
> people (with patience) can build it, no carrier license required.
> Could somebody verify if this is true, in particular if it is true for
> Australia?
>
> If so, perhaps we could plan a day / weekend get-together and start
> building a couple of them.
>
> Sjors
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