Wireless TOSLINK audio. Holy crap, I ran out of desk and it still works. Using two shitty plastic lenses from IKEA lamps. 96kHz 24bit uncompressed. Take that, Bluetooth!pic.twitter.com/Rus4rLaTt8
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New record: 140cm. I don't think I can go any further with this setup. The alignment is extremely finicky at this point, and any added loss makes it drop out.pic.twitter.com/AKUEbxKUzN
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To give an idea of the margin: at 135cm it sounds perfect, at 140cm I get the occasional dropout, and at 145cm it's unusable.
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Brings to mind an experimental cheap optical link I made in my 1960s teen years. Tx was a torch (had to be “on” for dc bias) with an audio amp (>2W) ac coupled across bulb. Rx was OC71, with paint scraped off, feeding amp/speaker. Worked across room, but how things have moved on!
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Speaking of across the room... https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1010511381622185984 … I have no idea how this worked, but it did.
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Hector Martin @marcan42I took a $0.65 red laser module and soldered it across the S/PDIF output. No driver. Nothing. It works. There is so much wrong with this I don't even know where to start. This isn't supposed to work! 6MHz on a $0.65 laser pointer?! Thank you China for not adding decoupling caps. pic.twitter.com/oIn9CkQuSUShow this thread2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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Fascinating thread (follows!). Haven’t tried any of this but strikes me how cheap laser modules are in US. Also UKmax pointer power allowed is 1mW, but 5mW in US, not that this is relevant here!
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See they ship to UK despite some being illegal here :( . I’m very wary, having lost vision in one eye following laser surgery. Take care!
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These things are <5mW, they aren't going to do any harm. On the other hand, I have some 1W projectors. Those are more fun.
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Yes, that *is* a different matter, up to eye surgery power even if not right w/length! Now off to do some holiday packing. Sunglasses essential :)
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