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p1mrx
on Nov 19, 2023
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Simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy fr...
If the LEDs blink at 150 Hz, then a single on-off cycle has a "wavelength" of 2000 km.
The wavelength of the control signal doesn't seem relevant.
quickthrower2
on Nov 19, 2023
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Plus you just add a position based delay. This is quite the bikeshed!
p1mrx
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How does the LED know its own position? At that point you might as well abandon FM and use GPS.
quickthrower2
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Send a few bytes of data onto the SD card on lamp installation. If GPS can do it all in one then that is probably better given how cheap the units are these day.
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The wavelength of the control signal doesn't seem relevant.