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[LEAP#781 Light Detector] DIY IrDA SIR transmission

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
arduino
Domain
embedded-iot

Research direction

The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. First clarify the intended IrDA SIR transmitter and receiver scope and how immunity to slowly changing ambient light will be evaluated; done would require an agreed implementation target and validation approach.

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Description

Nice entry!

I've always tried to do an automatic gain amplifier, in order to do some IR transmission, up to 115k, which disqualifies the ubiquitous 38kHz ones.

Some MCU have a IrDA sir mode, but it is very easy to bitbang.

what isn't so easy is to have a reciever that is immune to ambiant slowly evolving light.

I'm wondering what your take would be on it.

and yes, i know some ready-to-use ir transciever exist, but that's no fun.

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