Team members:
- Joshua Chircus
- Chris Lamb
- Jeremy Nash
- Kelsey Whitesell
We are planning to design and implement a two-way laser communication system for line-of-sight, free space communication. Our system will consist of 2 laser diodes (transmitters), 2 photodiodes (receivers) and a PCB with a microcontroller packaged and placed on a mount. Our package will include motors for controlling the placement of one transceiver for purposes of alignment of the two transceivers using feedback.
We plan to encrypt our system, filter and signal process for function in a high noise environment, and multiple data types in our high goal. We will start trying to communicate over short distances (1 ft) and hope to reach about 100 ft, simulating distance with filters and mirrors.