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Re: ir beacon range
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Originally Posted by doy
right now both the beacon and the sensor circuits are mounted to separate breadboards for testing, both completely exposed... we havent permanently mounted anything yet.
My best guess is that, since your receivers are unshielded, they are being confused by all the IR signal reflections they are receiving.
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