From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
Subject: Re: Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for ADA
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:56:36 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2013-07-03T16:56:36+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kr1l44$oab$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7v4ovef9cb9m.1r3wzvp7cizfa.dlg@40tude.net
On 2013-07-03, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 12:08:33 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> On 2013-07-02, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>>> Why didn't you take an RF TV remote receiver? It has USB/COM interface and
>>> is fairly simple to use. We deployed such stuff in some projects.
>>
>> I wasn't aware of any devices which remotely match what I need.
>
> That depends of course of what you want. Some of our customers use IrDA and
> proprietary deviations from it. It is usually set on an UART. That is in
> case you needed a bidirectional communication, half-duplex though.
>
Several hundred bytes per second, capable of running in a pseudo full
duplex mode (uplink is command/control, downlink is telemetry), up to
several hundred metres range, low power license free band (ie: covered
by the Short Range Devices regulations in IR 2030 within the UK).
Needs to operate without line of sight. (That's why your RF reference above
caught my attention. :-))
>> Do you have a pointer to the unit you are thinking of ?
>
> No. The things get out of stock each 2-5 years. It was something like this
> (IR receiver on the left):
>
> http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mvJHLSCI_af75fy731KBUWw.jpg
>
> though it was RS232, not USB. I don't know if RS232 ones are anywhere to
> find now. This is always a problem with such things. We needed only a
> receiver. The sender was a special design. It was used in several
> interactive rides in an amusement park. The sender was in a fake pistol,
> you get the idea.
>
Thanks, but as you can see from my required specs that would not be
suitable. Thanks for the pointer however.
Simon.
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2013-06-14 15:39 Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for ADA Max Herman
2013-06-14 17:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-06-17 15:51 ` Max Herman
2013-06-17 17:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-06-14 17:45 ` G.B.
2013-06-14 20:52 ` Simon Wright
2013-06-14 20:16 ` RasikaSrinivasan
2013-06-14 20:51 ` Simon Wright
2013-06-17 16:00 ` Max Herman
2013-06-17 0:38 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-06-17 16:05 ` Max Herman
2013-07-04 16:13 ` Lucretia
2013-06-17 6:55 ` Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for Ada Jacob Sparre Andersen
2013-06-17 16:15 ` Max Herman
2013-06-26 23:58 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-06-17 21:46 ` Help with embedded hardware/software platform selection for ADA Marcus F
2013-07-01 18:45 ` mjsilva
2013-07-01 19:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-01 23:35 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-02 7:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-07-02 8:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 9:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-07-02 14:50 ` Shark8
2013-07-02 15:08 ` mjsilva
2013-07-02 16:53 ` Robert A Duff
2013-07-02 22:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-03 0:22 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-07-03 19:13 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-03 19:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-03 20:50 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-07-08 12:53 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-07-03 21:29 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-07-03 22:02 ` Niklas Holsti
2013-07-04 16:02 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-07-05 21:08 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-03 1:01 ` mjsilva
2013-07-03 2:41 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-07-03 7:17 ` Shark8
2013-07-02 16:52 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-02 17:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 19:29 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-02 20:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-03 12:08 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-03 12:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-03 16:56 ` Simon Clubley [this message]
2013-07-02 22:21 ` mjsilva
2013-07-03 7:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-03 8:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-07-03 11:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-03 12:49 ` G.B.
2013-07-03 16:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-03 14:50 ` mjsilva
2013-07-02 8:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 10:44 ` Bill Findlay
2013-07-02 13:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 13:59 ` Bill Findlay
2013-07-02 14:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 16:45 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-02 17:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 16:57 ` Simon Clubley
2013-07-02 17:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 14:55 ` mjsilva
2013-07-02 15:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-07-02 15:58 ` mjsilva
2013-07-02 16:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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