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Day: January 28, 2007

RS-232 Serial Laser Link

January 28, 2007 by Will O'Brien 25 Comments


[ashish] sent in this one via the tips line. (Ed Note: link rot. Try this one.) It’s a project to create a laser based RS-232 link. It’s based on cheap laser pointers, a MAX232 and a photo-resistor to receive the signal.

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