04-08-2008 01:01 AM

987HighRoller

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

Looks nice! Does your booster help with range as well as distance of the signal?

04-08-2008 01:04 AM

Tom Bottiglieri

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

We haven't done a max distance test yet, but the booster still works from across a large room while it is pointed out of a window.

04-08-2008 08:00 AM

Pjohn1959

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

Where did you get the booster and battery? That is an awesome setup.

Did you make any changes to the IR board?

04-08-2008 08:16 AM

Qbranch

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

Does your remote come with sunscreen? A grill tray?

Have you tried pointing that thing into a dark room, then looking in the room with a b&w camera? I'll bet it floods the whole thing with light.

That's one heck of a remote... but I think I'll watch it from the stands.

-q

04-08-2008 08:50 AM

Tom Bottiglieri

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

The built the booster from scratch with a COTS enclosure, remote, electrical components, and some perf board. We found the battery laying around the shop.

We bought 56 kHz receivers (about 95% of remote/receivers packages run near 40 kHz), wired 4 receivers in parallel in a 360 degree pattern, and patched them off to a separate board that we can mount in different spots on the robot.

04-08-2008 04:03 PM

Uberbots

Re: pic: Team 195 IR Booster

So, im assuming you always loose the signal?