Re: Infrared to serial signaler

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:57:12 -0400, "Robert Green"
<ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
<MIGdnaFMTd25hWrYnZ2dnUVZ_oGlnZ2d@xxxxxxx>:


>
>The answer to your question is that I ordered the board and the case and to
>my surprise (and delight!) it was already assembled.  Peeking inside I see a
>4 wire ribbon cable (actually, it turns out to be a set of SCR leads!).  If
>it comes apart easily, I'll look inside and report back.  I've got a bad
>history with taking things apart.  I was trying to replace what I thought
>were the huge batteries in my Sonicare toothbrush but when I finally
>Dremeled it open I found it had two very puny NiCad AA's and a lot of
>enameled wire wrapped around iron cores right up the edge of the case where
>the cutoff wheel cut them quite neatly. )-:
>
>The IR232 is very small - much smaller than I visualized (about 2.5" square
>and 1" thick).  I'm going to use a DB9 switch box to switch between the
>functions:

[snip]

I'll have time to answer this more fully this weekend, but have you noticed
the vast real estate inside the multiplexor case that is unused?  The IR232
would easily fit inside (one less box, cable and wall-wart).  That's where my
video IP cards are going, so that video is available simultaneously both as
analog signal and over TCP/IP

Thanks for checking this out and reporting on it.

Later ... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
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