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Aimtrak IR LEDs?
drventure:
One other thought. On the aimtrak IR sender, the led's to the left are clustered pretty tight. virtually touching each other. On my test rig. their a bit more spread out. Maybe .5 inch on centers.
I'm wondering if a tighter clustering would help....
Neverending Project:
Yes, I would think that would make a difference. The five LEDs in a row look like a bright blob or dot to the AiMTrak (at least I would assume so). Spreading them out might have the adverse effect of making it appear more blurry, or less bright.
chepin:
--- Quote from: drventure on February 11, 2011, 04:14:44 pm ---One other thought. On the aimtrak IR sender, the led's to the left are clustered pretty tight. virtually touching each other. On my test rig. their a bit more spread out. Maybe .5 inch on centers.
I'm wondering if a tighter clustering would help....
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I was wondering how your LED bar turned out. How has it been working for you?
drventure:
Still working on it. the IRBar itself is done. I'll be posting pics soon. Still working on the casing that it'll sit it. that's been the real trick for me.
As far as the bar goes, I powered it up and can aim the Aimtrack just fine even from 3-4' away. Keep in mind I don't even have it in a gun yet, so I haven't been able to calibrate properly etc.
But, from a reasonable distance, the Aimtrack utility program shows that the IR signal is strong, so I guess I got my led's right. I had to space them slightly farther apart than on the actual Aimtrack board but only by maybe a mm or so.
Necro:
Just curious, but why are you doing this? Rotating monitor with two LED arrays?