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thermoplastics and wireless transmission

Posted by dslc

dslc

thermoplastics and wireless transmission
July 30, 2011 12:32PM

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Say I wanted to use a 36 kHz infra-red receiver for a project, and wanted to enclose the receiver in a mini-channel to limit its field of view. Could PLA or ABS be used to accomplish this? i.e. could it block wireless signals around that frequency? Would it depend on the colour?

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VDX

Re: thermoplastics and wireless transmission
July 30, 2011 05:04PM

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dark/black plastics are good for shielding NIR ... 'wireless signal' is mostly used for radio frequencies (often around 2,44 GHz), what's shielded with conductive materials ...

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dslc

Re: thermoplastics and wireless transmission
August 03, 2011 01:39PM

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Ok - thanks for picking up on my sloppy terminology.

Anyway, I'll probably try this once/if I get a reprap up and running.

david

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MarcusWolschon

Re: thermoplastics and wireless transmission
August 30, 2011 09:38AM

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infra-red should be like 600GHz-430 THz, very far from your 36 kHz.
36 kHz would be sound waves.
Typo?

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Greg Frost

Re: thermoplastics and wireless transmission
August 30, 2011 10:00AM

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36 kHz is a common modulation freq for IR signals (as is 48 kHz).

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MarcusWolschon

Re: thermoplastics and wireless transmission
August 30, 2011 10:07AM

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Thanks

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