December kit builds: Infrared sound

[@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.

[@frankowalker4662]

Fun little kit. 🎅Merry Christmas🎅

[@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.

[@michaelkatgerman168]

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

[@michaelwolak3098]

Great video and keep them coming, merry Christmas

[@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.

[@gordanmilne7034]

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

[@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

[@LasloMildenberg]

Nice build, fun kit. Happy Holidays!

[@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.

[@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.

[@RambozoClown]

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

[@charlesurrea1451]

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