G'day Bill,



22 Nov 96 07:23, Bill Grimsley wrote to Rod Gasson:



 BG> A mate of mine has urgent need for some method of visually detecting

 BG> infra-red beams (presumably similar to those produced by IR diodes),

 BG> and I've suggested that IR glasses or heat-seeking equipment such as

 BG> that used by the army and the SES might do the job, but I've no idea

 BG> where such equipment can be sourced, nor for how much.  Any thoughts

 BG> on the matter from your end?



What *I* use is the IR reciever from the old Akai VCR's (VS2 etc).

These units can easily be detached from the machine and powered by a

9v battery...  the LED will on these light up with *any* IR.



Failing that, WES components have an IR remote tester listed in their

catalogue for $79.50  (code RCT5502)



I have also seen "IR detector cards" advertised in Television

Magazine..  these are quite cheap, about the size of a credit card,

and have some kind of coating that glows when IR is detected.  I don't

know if these are available in Oz or not though.





Cheers,

Rod



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