Yes I'm geeky...

[Karlos]

graffias79 wrote:
Oh I didn't relize how close range these things actually were (never actually having used any IR communications).  I guess there goes that.  I would have thought they could be used at least to the point of your average remote control.  Well thanks for the info.

*depressed*

I was going to try to use my laptop to wreak havoc on people's appliances  :shocked:  :evilgrin:

Don't despair. Simply get a photostransisto, some developed colour film (to use as a filter for the phototransistor to cut out unwanted visible light), a switching transistor (ie desiged for rapid switching more than amplification), some batteries a superbright IR LED and make yourself a 'relay' box.

All the box does is to use the phototransistor to pick up the short range output from the laptop, and boost it for the superbright IR led. Such a device would hardly need to be any bigger than the batteries it uses ;-)

[Karlos]

So, a microcontroller, phototransistor, eprom and...

Yeah, I see this getting more complex by the second ;-)

[Karlos]

graffias79 wrote:

blobrana wrote:
Hum....

Though a long broom handle would be just as good.... or a myrmidon boyfriend/girl friend would be even better....

I wouldn't waste him on menial tasks like that!  :evilgrin:  :evilgrin:

Fatal error in subtask KarlOS/Kernel/ProcessDoubleEntendreAsynchronous - chortle stack overflow

[Karlos]

Nobody said this particular kernel had any kind of rational structure or sensible naming scheme ;-)