I bought the V1.0 kit a while ago, just sourced the components to build up some more for friends.
About a year ago I was making some IR stuff and was using TSAL6100 LED's due to a particular website saying these were the most powerful (940nm).
Looking at the datasheet the TSAL6100's have a typical 1000mW output at 1.0A vs the 750mW for the IR333-A.
Anyone else have any even more powerful IR led's that you're using?
Dave
High power IR leds - what are you using?
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For those of you wanting to make homemade ones, www.vishay.com ships out samples of those LEDs (TSAL6100V), I asked for 15 and had them shipped the same day, no questions asked
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Be careful: The TSAL6100 is rated to have 1000mW/Sr, this does not mean it has an output power of 1000mW: mW/Sr means a radiometric power, a power per solid angle. In fact the TSAL6100 has an absolut optical power of 35mW @ 100mA as the TSAL5300, but concentrated to a half angle of 10°. So if you want to turn off TVs at a long distance, take that one, but if you want a wide spread beam, then choose the TSAL5300 with a half angle of 22°.
I don't have the specifications at hand for the IR333-A to compare them.
Achim
I don't have the specifications at hand for the IR333-A to compare them.
Achim
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