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Plug on back of USBUIRT and which wire to use when making...

Postby Guest » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:19 pm

What is the plug-in of the back of the USBUIRT used for? Can I use it for more emitters or for more receievers?

Also I see that many folks make their own emitters/receivers instead of buying them. Here's a Radio Shack parts list I got from another thread. What type of cable do I use? All parts are listed below except for the wire? Can someone post me a link of the Radio Shack part?


1/8" Stereo Phone Plug, CAT #274-284, web page:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... =274%2D284

- Infrared LED, CAT #276-143, web page:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... =276%2D143


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Postby jrhees » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:07 am

The jack can be used to connect wired EMITTERS only. To make your own emitter, you just need an IR LED and a 1/8" plug and some wire. Nothing more.

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Postby Guest » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:43 am

jrhees

What kind of wire? 18, 22, 24 gauge? cooper?

I'll get it from Radio Shack.

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Postby jrhees » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:42 pm

Any wire 26 gauge or larger should work fine. It does not need to be shielded.

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Postby Guest » Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:38 pm

jrhees -

I heard you can connect 3 emitters to the USBUIRT. How can this be done with only one jack on the back? Do you have to use one of these?

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... id=274-883

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Postby jrhees » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:05 pm

You, can -- it really depends on how handy you are with a soldering iron, etc.

The USB-UIRT 1/8" jack already has TWO drive channels, so you could connect emitters or emitter pairs to each L and R channel. In addition, you could gang a few more LED's in parallel for even more emitters.

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