James wrote:
> > Anything less than the full 180 degrees is going to
> > limit the time window even more. You will need a fairly strong beam.
> > Definitely stronger than any infrared device I have seen.
>
> This is well within the limits of say infrared headphones, but it's
> certainly not an application for IrDA. IrDA is protocol based and
> requires at least part time reliable communication. A better startgey
> wuold be to stream out the data continuously from the car and have a
> few detectors mounted arround the place or even one on a telescope
> so that you could get telementry.
I haven't thought of that kind of devices. Do you think I would be able
to realize the connection with this sort of devices? I could for example
use an other protocol over the "headphone"-connection.
Greetings Arnaud
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