Overview

The first remote controls detonated bombs in WWII.

Runs at 940nm

• Occasionally @ 850nm for security cameras

• Invisible to human eye but seen through cameras

• arduino ir remote build

Infrared Spectrum

Lower energy than visible light (longer wavelengths)

Range: 0.74 μm -> 1000 μm (10−6)

• NIR - near infrared
• SWIR - short-wave infrared
• MWIR - mid-wave infrared
• LWIR - long-wave infrared
• VLWIR - very-long-wave infrared