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Re: IR Beacons

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Originally Posted by bfvaneyck
Do we know the P/N for the IR emitters?
I imagine just about any infrared LED operating at a peak wavelength of 940nm will work. The variables that immediatly come to mind are output power and radiating pattern. A data sheet for the part used to develop the IR beacon can be found here. They're available from Digi-Key.

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