OpenRadio

Have you ever thought that long-range wireless communication in OpenComputers is either too expensive or too overpowered?

Well here you got your solution!
This add-on for OpenComputers allows you to have line-of-sight, laser-based communication up to 4096 blocks.

Everything below applies to version 0.7.0 and newer!

Recipes:

Laser Socket

ADC (Analogue to Digital Converter)


DSP (Digital Signal Processor)


Laser


Semi Reflective Mirror


Photo Receptor



Blocks:

Laser


Lens


Discouragement Redirection Cube

A little bit of math:

Base ranges and energy usage:

• Laser Diode: 25RF/tick, 64 blocks base range
• CO2 Laser Tube: 50RF/tick, 128 blocks base range
• Nd:YAG Laser Tube: 100RF/tick, 256 blocks base range

Range multipliers:

• Base multiplier is 1
• Multipliers add up when multiple lenses are placed in the laser's path
• Maximum range is 4069 blocks (calculated as follows: (Shaped Diamond Lens multiplier + 1)*2 * Nd:YAG Laser Tube range)
• Glass Lens: adds 1 to the current multiplier
• Quartz Lens: adds 3 to the current multiplier
• Shaped Diamond Lens: adds 7 to the current multiplier

Discouragement Redirection Cubes decrease the maximum distance by 8.

All values can be adjusted in the config file!

Links:

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