P3D Re: VR Surfer querys...

[Dan Wenz <djwenz@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob Wier wrote:

> Etc - the one I got was VERY sensitive to being in exactly the
> right place to receive the IR signals from the transmitter
> circuit. Eventually it stopped working completely, and I replaced
> the sensor with an IR detector from Radio Shack, which got me
> "back on the air". One of the problems is that you can't tell
> what's going on since the IR signals are invisible. If you can
> scrouge up a tv camera (I know b&w works  - not sure about color)
> the pickup IS sensitive to IR and you can see it flash on the
> tv screen...
>  

RS sells a detector strip for IR, cat. 276-1099. "Identify and locate
near-infrared radiation emanating from either LED or laser sources such as
a TV remote control". Just aplastic, treated, strip which one points the
source toward - a colored square lights up if IR is present.