Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams
Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams No comments by: Tyler August August 9, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Transmitting analog video via photons is old hat: that’s how everything started, after all, back in the day with over-the-air TV. Up the frequency of those photons from radio to visible light, though? Well, now that’s rather interesting. [Daniel] aka [milar111]’s LYME 101– which doesn’t seem to stand for anything–laser-video transmitter/receiver pair was a strong contender in the recently-completed Frikken’ Laser Beams challenge, but somehow we missed putting it up on the blog.
- ▪Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams No comments by: Tyler August August 9, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Transmitting analog video via photons is old hat: that’s how everything started, after all, back in the day with ove
- ▪Up the frequency of those photons from radio to visible light, though?
- ▪Well, now that’s rather interesting. [Daniel] aka [milar111]’s LYME 101– which doesn’t seem to stand for anything–laser-video transmitter/receiver pair was a strong contender in the recently-completed Frikken’ Laser Beams challenge, but som
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Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams No comments by: Tyler August August 9, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Transmitting analog video via photons is old hat: that’s how everything started, after all, back in the day with over-the-air TV. Up the frequency of those photons from radio to visible light, though? Well, now that’s rather interesting. [Daniel] aka [milar111]’s LYME 101– which doesn’t seem to stand for anything–laser-video transmitter/receiver pair was a strong contender in the recently-completed Frikken’ Laser Beams challenge, but somehow we missed putting it up on the blog. The project is documented quite well on GitHub as linked above, as well as on Instructables, and Hackaday.io, and in a YouTube video we’ve embedded below so you can see it in action.
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