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Re: ir beacon range

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Originally Posted by doy
we have the beacon and receiver code running, and everything seems to be working fine - the beacon output looks correct on an oscilloscope,
Where in the circuit was the 'scope probe attached? The gate (pin 1 of Q1) or the LED? Did you see a five volt swing on the 'scope? Are you sure you built the beacon correctly (you should have swapped pins 2 and 3 of Q1 if you built it using FIRST's document)?

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