[MLB-WIRELESS] optical links, was Re: Fwd: Lord of the Rings style link to NASA Canberra

[emdeex]

It sounds like it'll work.  The hardest part seems to be the labour
involved in the actual build of the unit.  Circuit board, mirrors,
housing...

But once you've built one, I guess its easy from there.  Looks awesome and fun!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Sjors Provoost <sjors at sprovoost.nl> wrote:
> Kim wrote:
>> http://ronja.twibright.com/
>>
>> "About Ronja
>>
>> Ronja is a free technology project for reliable optical data links with a
>> current range of 1.4km and a communication speed of 10Mbps full duplex.
>
> Wow, that looks impressive: < $100 material costs, even unexperienced
> people (with patience) can build it, no carrier license required.
> Could somebody verify if this is true, in particular if it is true for
> Australia?
>
> If so, perhaps we could plan a day / weekend get-together and start
> building a couple of them.
>
> Sjors
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