December kit builds: Infrared sound

[@manicmatt7773]

I would have watch you do the second one in real time, but love the camera tracking. i think it's your soothing voice that sucks me in, that and you get me excited about electronics. Thank you either way.

[@EsotericArctos]

Great little kit. I probably would of left the lead on the IR LED and Diode longer so they could be bent at an angle to the board (for putting it into a case or something) I like the Kit build Decemeber videos. They just are a nice change and feel relaxing.

[@Stuart-AJC]

I like the tracking camera shots, where you can see the edges of the legendary 'Pile o' Stuff'. Not as bad as my bench, which is far worse. Also, was that My Sharona, by The Knack, that you were playing through those things?

[@pileofstuff]

Good ear! Hopefully youtube's copyright bots don't hear as well as you do.

[@retireeelectronics2649]

Cute kit, always a pain when the pads don't like the solder, have a merry Christmas.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

Wireless audio videos seem to be in the atmosphere here in YT land this week. Great little kit.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

14:55 That's what she said. 😂

[@CurtisIreland]

I find infrared communication interesting, and using it for sound transmission is fascinating. Thanks for this bit of December kit fun and I hope you have a great holiday season.

[@frankowalker4662]

Fun little kit. 🎅Merry Christmas🎅

[@michaelwolak3098]

Great video and keep them coming, merry Christmas

[@strayling1]

Neat! I wonder if you could fit them with lenses to improve range. Your automatic camera pan is working well too - it really looks good in the sped-up montage.

[@pileofstuff]

Yeah, better optics could probably improve the range, and at the same time narrow the beam.

[@michaelkatgerman168]

Like your channel. And some unusefull IR things "maybee a reflector dish will help" Happy Christmas and 25 you all

[@gordanmilne7034]

Best wishes for Christmas and the New year to you and yours and all the good people of Canada. Thanks for your videos.

[@LasloMildenberg]

Nice build, fun kit. Happy Holidays!

[@zeno2712]

1:37 You won't be seeing the near infrared on your thermal camera (it will be outside its range) but it would see the heat from the LED die when you pass current through it.

[@jyvben1520]

camera trick worked for me (using usb webcam), maybe the board needed an active input signal to transmit infrared.

[@pileofstuff]

Seems reasonable. Either way, at least it confirmed the LED was working

[@-Crash-Nebula--]

Ha bisogno di qualche accorgimento, ma nulla da dire , per i 4 componenti utilizzati 👍

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

14:55 Thats what she said. 😂

[@jyvben1520]

line of sight is very restricted, but could work near ceiling, nothing to get in the way, had earphones using infrared. Made a wifi to infrared bridge using a rpi pico w (webserver), so i can control a hdmi switcher thru a webpage on a tablet/pc/rpi touchscreen, to control the hdmi source to obs-studio for several rpi sbc, each raspberry pi has a camera.

[@el3dprint]

Now thinking about an application for this.... maybe with some kind of tunneling/mirrors getting signals from a train to a station or vv to do something. Will not interfere much for sure with RF-signals so that's good. I would also have left the legs of the receiver/tranciever -LED's long to be able to angle them on some kind of housing. Maybe to speak the name of a station in/on a train or transmit some horn-sound ? Or transmit the name of the train to the station; having a small recording constantly running in the train ?

[@pileofstuff]

A complete device used to be sold in the toy section of catalogues as a "spy communicator". or similar.

[@RambozoClown]

I know it usually makes things worse, but perhaps those boards were plated for lead-free solder? Sign of the times.

[@Johadart]

Shouldn’t you have cleaned the board with ipa , it may have soldered better on both the boards. Just saying.

[@pileofstuff]

The homemade flux is mostly IPA.

[@Johadart]

@ may have needed to be wiped clean, I mean. 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[@markfergerson2145]

Comment I came here to make. I was thinking that some kind of goo got on h board during manufacture. I’ve had the same problem with some boards, sometimes requiring more aggressive cleaning like a brass brush.

[@charlesurrea1451]

Your sound has color eh? I'm not so sure those are morels.