Kurt Keville wrote: > you think we could get commo > out of this tech? a la Fraunhofer's LED network? > > http://www.slashgear.com/fraunhofer-led-networking-hands-on-video-02176481/
["The Fraunhofer Institute's LED-based..." building lighting can be modulated to send data at "up to 800 Mbit/s data rates from rapidly flickering white LEDs" while not adversely impacting the general illumination functionality of the LEDs.] Z-Wave won't quite support "800 Mbit/s data rates," :-) but sure, low bandwidth data should actually be practical. What would you use it for? It would need to be a receive-only application, and a situation where it is cheaper to include a light demodulator than some alternative, like a Z-Wave transceiver. The one-way nature makes it a step back from what's desirable for home automation. Maybe a way to send time synchronization signals to clocks? (I often have trouble receiving WWV radio signals.) -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
