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RONJA RONJA Optical Optical Wi Wirele less ss Po Point T int To Po Point Et int Etherne ernet Kare rel K l Kulh lhavy, Zu avy, Zurich rich Technical data 480,000 / 340,000 GHz red, infrared 10Mbps full duplex BER


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RONJA RONJA

Optical Optical Wi Wirele less ss Po Point T int To Po Point Et int Etherne ernet

Kare rel K l Kulh lhavy, Zu avy, Zurich rich

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Technical data

  • 480,000 / 340,000 GHz – red, infrared
  • 10Mbps full duplex
  • BER 10^-9
  • RTT < 1ms
  • Range 1.4km
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Features

  • Good chainability
  • Realtime home cinema with Samba / 2 links
  • No slowdown during 100% load
  • Fails in dense fog
  • Requires a solid mount
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A link consists of...

  • 4 magnifying glasses
  • 4 smoke pipes
  • steel parts
  • 426 electronic components
  • ~$300,- material
  • ~70 hours building time
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User friendly

  • DIY friendly parts and construction
  • Ready made PCB files
  • No understanding needed
  • Online instructions under GFDL licence
  • Should work on the first try
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History etc.

  • Since 1998
  • 115.2 kbps first, 10Mbps Christmas 2001
  • 2x slashdotted
  • 153 registered installations
  • Slovak dormitory: 1000 students, 900m
  • IEEE conference article
  • NCSU experimental underwater link
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Free Software

  • Qcad, BRL-CAD
  • Gschem, Gerbv, Gnucap
  • Gnuplot, GNU R
  • Gimp, Sodipodi, Autotrace, ImageMagick
  • GNU Make, Subversion, Rsync
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Continuing Development

  • Bugfixes
  • Releases of unreleased parts
  • Increase range
  • 100Mbps and 1Gbps would be nice
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Thank You For Attention

  • Twibright Labs Ronja
  • http://ronja.twibright.com