Funny you should ask this, I actually worked out what I needed to build
an entire optical network (for computers) in my house doing somehting
much like this (and actually putting in come cool patterns via mirrors)
Possible? yes
Practical? no
Into possibility... with the redled that's sending the signal out
of the toslink, you will not get a focused beam. You'd actually need to
upgrade that to single mode fibre optic transmitter. should only run
you abou $1500 US. You'll want to use good fiber cable as well, (while
the cheap stuff will work, depeneding on your distance you don't want
to deal with the signal degredation. Doing this, you're now sending
a nice lil' laser beam vs. a mediumly focused LED. Range will vary
but you should be able (even without wires) be able (providing you aim
REALLY well) send the signal a good few blocks away, and still have
a good signal (realize you've got to contend with "Line of Sight"
so you may want to raise a small post on your ceiling to transmit from.
onto practicallity...
The obvious is the fact that it is cost prohibative. It also requires
some (albeit) minor reworking of the internals of you sound system to
change the light transmitter. Alternatively (and more costly) would
be to actually take the incoming optical signal and retransmit propperly
which would be just as bad if not worse on your pocketbook.
If however, you've got more money than brains, and like building
fun goofy projects just to say "hey, look what I did" Go for it...
It is a cool idea. Don't forget, sending to a bunch of people on a foggy
night, will look really neat to people passing by...
-Jeffrey
--
The day MS makes something that doesn't suck
will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners.
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Maciej Rutkowski wrote:
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> : If it were, you would be able to point an optical cable at a wall across
> : the room and still get a nice dot.
>
> And it would be possible to send sound data to a your friend next door :)
>
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