Toslink
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Basics
- Also written in all caps as TOSLINK
- Stands for Toshiba Link
- A Consumer Level Optical Data Transmission Standard
- Uses a digital pulse of an led, a plastic Fiber Optic Cable (not doped, just plain plastic like Fishing Line
- Is unaffected by electronic noise
- Range is limited due to the fiber optc cable used, as well as the typical diodes and light detectors used
- Perhaps look into range using glass or PROPER dual material fiber optics, and higher power diodes and/or Laser Diodes
- More Sensitive Sensors may help such as PhotoTransistors perhaps
- Most Common in Audio Applications (Is a semicircle shaped black port with a red light while running) where it sends digital audio code (Advantage over coaxial is questionable in most uses due to the digital nature of the signal)
- Also available as microToslink which has the same port dimentions as a 3.5mm Audio Jack and can coexist with one
- The Chromecast Audio has microToslink
- Would also be intresting to tweak for mor intensive data use while still using the same connectors and cables
Off the shelf Componets
- ChromeCast Audio (Wifi/Bluetooth to 3.5mm analog audio, 3.5mm Coaxial Digital, or MicroToslink) may be hackable
DIY Componets
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