Doug McLaren wrote:
(I'm pretty sure that Futaba already
sells industrial R/C equipment that uses spread spectrum, but I don't
know the specifics.)
Indeed they do:
http://www.futaba.com/products/irc/introduction/index.asp
There is no magic to this stuff and it is certainly not like the
Spektrum radio folks "invented" this technology. They were simply the
first to implement it for model use. I suspect that any radio company
that cares to can fairly easily implement their own version. But as is
being said in this thread there are a couple of hurdles that need to be
cleared before it can be fully brought to th model market.
Another little factoid about SS is that if you ever go out of range,
your link is toast. Once it is broken your TX and RX cannot reacquire
it. That would be bad. Definitely want to stay within range. Although
the current stated range is getting close to what my eyes can see!!
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