Using the camera and flash as an Infrared Port? - Page 2

**shaggylive** · #11 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 01:02 AM

I don't think the camera has enough fps, irda is 9600bps i think

nahcyrag · #12 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 01:21 AM

wow...This thread sounds ultra geeky. I am not even sure what the OP was talking about. but sounded awesome.

gbm85 · #13 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by darkjedi007

A program utilizing the camera could. It doesn't have to be hardware level decoding, but software level instead.

No, the camera is physically incapable of detecting IR wavelength.

**Darkjedi** · #14 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gbm85

No, the camera is physically incapable of detecting IR wavelength.

While we can't see it with our eyes, CCD/CMOS cameras can pick up wavelengths beyond our range. To test this you can try pointing a TV remote or anything that uses an infrared LED to communicate at the phone camera. On my XV6700, IR LEDs come up as bluish hue. In short, while they can pick up the wavelengths, the extent that they can interpret the data is questionable.