Shoot Infrared 100+ Meters
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- I broke out the laser tag prototype that I started building in Alaska and I go over the process of focusing a cheap IR led through a cheap lens to send IR 100+ meters with nearly perfect accuracy. I've tested to 150+ meters outside in Alaska and that was about the max distance that I could actually see the target.
This could be a solid platform for a DIY IR blaster or Laser Tag system. Maybe we can even build something as a community.
The magical lens:
www.aliexpress...
LEDs
amzn.to/3ckm5Ef
or
www.aliexpress...
and
www.aliexpress...
Transistors
amzn.to/3kqYMva or this kit amzn.to/33HfeRp
or
www.aliexpress...
THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!! Totally on my todo list. Thank you for sharing!
You are very welcome!
Great video. I'm trying to fit these into Star Wars E11 Blasters for my kids. Because lets be honest.....that's all we've ever wanted. :-)
That's fantastic.
Hi. The link to the magic lenses is broken :(
Could you please update the link AND also give a name/description for the lenses. Maybe we can find them on Amazon or so...
Thanks!
thank you, men, you have done such a great project!
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
This is awesome! Any updated designs since this one yet?
Bravo!! I plan on making a combo game of Among us Challenges and Laser Tag, Basically, 2-4 teams and 8 challenges and the first team that has everyone on their team complete the challenges wins. The challenges will use NodeMCU's to communicate using MQTT Messages and will be spread around the area. The Laser Tag will disable the person who has to then walk back to their spawn to respawn. Your video has helped so much on how to implement the Las Tag portion and I appreciate you taking the time to make it. :)
That's really fun. I'm working on something really similar using this tech with mqtt and an api. It's been a fun project.
this is exactly what I was looking to do earlier today. Thanks for the video!
Glad I could help!
legend we needed this for our project
I try :)
I have been working home made lazer tag guns with Arduino and having a problem with range, THANK YOU!
I hope it helps! I had a lot of fun with this in Alaska where we had crazy far line of sight.
I am trying to create a 'Free Fire ' type game and i need to make a gun like this and a receiver. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Can I make a gun like this using a IR sensor instead of LED?
I want to make a system to mark veichles as hit without ruining them during airsoft games and needed something very simple, this might be it! Thanks a lot for sharing
Awesome. That would be great.
Wow, I developted a carabine using your same idea. to fight 25 infrared toys. I reached 25 meters
I wanna try and hook my flipper zero to my laser tag gun to increase the range of it's ir blaster....is this possible?
thank you very much
Yeap, this is the idea that I need. But wait, where is the magic lens. Link is broken. Can you please direct us to the hooly lenses..
Thanks!
What!!!!! Did you donate to my channel? Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it. If there's anything I can do, please let me know!
Oh.... That's great. Can it transmit more than 100m during the day?
This is amazing
your the best
Thanks!
Hi! I was just wandering. Is there a way not to use any lens and keep about like 50 to 100 meters of range? I was thinking about putting it on rc drones to do something like lasertag.
I think the lens is pretty important
Hey Another Maker,
this is really great video. Really good explained!
Could you please give a note on which IR LEDs you used and which receiver.
Many thanks and regards
Thanks for asking. I just updated the video description.
LEDs
amzn.to/3ckm5Ef
or
www.aliexpress.com/item/4000838376382.html
and
www.aliexpress.com/item/32996166248.html
Transistors
amzn.to/3kqYMva or this kit amzn.to/33HfeRp
or
www.aliexpress.com/item/32814626918.html
That's awesome ... I would love to work on something like that ... Like turning that it signal into a laser shape signal so it's accurate
It's crazy how big of a difference it makes.
Hi. I followed a sort of similar path but decided to use a massive IR transmitter of the right band with a transistor. However, I think I am using the wrong arduino infrared library as it is pretty darn complex and the range seems to be bad. I am guessing that it’s not really making a 38khz signal as needed for the receiver. Do you have any tips or suggestions for getting the arduino code right? What library or something to use. Thanks
They've changed the IR library and I had a frustrating time. The one I used in this video was the generic IRremote library
@@AnotherMaker I see. Yeah, the new one Im using has so much documentation and stuff. I tweaked it to work but honestly I have no idea what the 40 lines of code do to make it work compared to the few needed before.
this Video is Fantastic! A+++ thanks :)
Thank you! And thank you for watching.
I want to build a home made buzz lightyear astro laser game experience. I already own some laser guns and vest sets. But I love the idea of home made targets and guns. I really just need an affordable way to have multiple targets and a counter score keeper for maybe 1-2 players at a time.
This stuff is pretty flexible. It's a bit of a pain to have more than one ir sensor on an arduino, which is why I use cheap ones per target, but really the possibilities are endless.
Very cool project, I love the way you re-purpose things, I do the same :)
I was just talking about laser tag with my friend and I told him that I can probably build one , just have no idea how to extend the distance of the beam ....
Awesome! Well now you know. I'd love to do something bigger with this. If you guys decide you're in on it, let me know in the FB group.
@@AnotherMaker will do
Hey, great video. What is important about the LED? Does it need to have a high mW/sr or what ist the Important parameter
Sorry I missed this comment :) Nothing is special about the LED. It's the standard one that comes in Arduino kits. it's the focusing that does the magic.
What was the arduino program that u used for sending and receiving?
I do have a breakdown of how I did the receiving here th-cam.com/video/McYDX7_Tqy0/w-d-xo.html
Did you use some formula ? To know the distance between ir led and lens ?
A red led and infrared led are focused similarly so I focus it with a red led, mark the location and then swap in the infrared. Or you can focus it looking at it through your phone camera.
Do you have any more details about this build anywhere or any further updates?
I just use the tech in various things I have made a few laser tag systems for clients and shooting galleries and things like that. I just keep repurposing the same stuff.
Curious on how many amps your putting across this iR irled.
Thanks for the ideas
I'd have to check, but I've had them for years without failure.
Great thing, I just can´t believe that 100m range. Bad thing is the link to the lenses is dead, I got a 30mm (/) 100m FL biconvex but I don´t get too good results. About 7m. Even worse with the lens attached. Probably losing to much light then. Anyway, I assume the PSU you are using is a 5V powerbank. What is the circuit for the amp looking like? These ali LEDs got no specs at all, I bought a bunch of them but due to missing specs I have chosen different ones now.
That lens link is not dead for me. They still have the same ones I bought years ago. I drove the LED with this circuit www.petervis.com/Raspberry_PI/Driving_LEDs_with_CMOS_and_TTL_Outputs/Driving_an_LED_Using_Transistors.html. It's been a while since I've done it, but if the focus us right you can get pretty amazing range with just the led on the arduino pin.
Would adding a second lens make it even more accurate by any chance?
I wouldn't imagine. I'm guessing a higher quality lens would. at 100m I can have 2 sensors 30cm apart and choose which one I want to hit.
What is the max distance of the gun if i used or didnt used the glasses
Probably 20 feet at most
Hi AnotherMaker, Great video thanks for sharing! What is the dimensions of the lens in the description? is it the 33mm diameter Plano Convex lens?
Yep. It's the 33mm one. It fits exactly in that piece of PVC.
Don't mind me, just sneaking by to steal a few of these lenses.
It's SUCH a pain to find a good source for a good lens like this... I wish AliExpress wasn't the only option, but oh well.
Thanks a lot for sharing the setup here!
There may be some other ways to do it. I just got a confirmed 250ft out of a cheap laser tag gun off amazon. They're only 100ft out of the box but with that transistor from this video 250 was reliable.
@@AnotherMaker
Very nice! 250ft would be such a pleasure, though I was actually hoping for a little more even.
I made my own Lasertag that got featured on HackADay a while ago and wanted to revisit it. A proper LED + focus like what you show in this video would be awesome.
Oh, also, I would double-check the focus of the IR LED with some kind of IR-Sensitive camera.
The IR has a lower wavelength, and the lens might not actually be focusing the IR light the same way as visible, so you might not have a focused IR beam. Then again, red light and IR is close enough together...
I never checked myself.
@@MrRedwires "The IR has a lower wavelength" I think what you really mean is that IR has a longer wavelength. As for the values in either Angstoms or nanometers it will be a higher value than visible light.
Hi, Awesome video and a great solution! I am making a school project using your design to make a game where you have to shoot targets. We are basically done building it, but we are using normal 9v batteries wich are quite expensive and they die out within a couple of hours. We are now trying to use a power bank like you are using, but every powerbank we try shuts off after a couple of seconds because we don't draw enough current. Did you also have this problem, if yes how did you fix this? If no, could you maybe list the powerbank you use or maybe give a suggestion on how we could make our circuit draw more current? Because our circuit does seem a lot more simple than yours, we just use a button and an ir led connected to the arduino directly.
Hi. I know it's a bit late. I didn't have that problem, but with a power bank you could just use something like a little incandescent light or some big resistors to draw some extra current.
Hi, I am really interested by your project. What kind of ir led are you using ? I only find led not powerful at all. What is your receiver ? I ve never seen one like that. Would it be possible to get links for these items please ? Also I have few technical questions, do you have an email where I could contact you ? Thanks in advance ! Love your work :)
Thanks! I added the links in the description and my contact is in the about on my channel. Sorry I missed this.
realy nic info....I try to build one..and my trouble is how to make the LED stay put and in the good position
Glad it was helpful. I usually use hot glue because if you ever need to move it, you can put rubbing alcohol on it to release the glue.
I wanna use an ir laser as a blaster for my phone... Thought s?
Yeah. My note had one and I don't see why you can't focus it.
Love this! Been working on such a thing for couple months can send you the code I am currently using but with ldr and normal light. Can convert the code to IR not to difficult. But very nice tutorial I will be using this for my future prototyping. Thanks!
I would absolutely love to see what you've done. Thank you!
@@AnotherMaker you can find it here: github.com/ghostleyjim/simple-lasertag it is still work in progress
Fantastic! Thank you!
did you try to use more ir decoder s?like 3
I've used a bunch of IR decoders.
@@AnotherMaker in one board?
So would be fun to build an arcade set up like MIB ride at Universal studios could have people compete for high score and do a shot at some sort of villain in a pop up air lift type rig
Now this is a fantastic idea. I built a duck hunt wall on this channel that used a laser, but yeah, I could totally see something interactive with IR.
Hi, great video! I'm building a laser tag game myself. I borrowed ideas from you. I was wondering if you had a 2n2222 transistor hooked up to the test rig you made? Thanks
I've boosted the leds before with a 2n2222 but eventually I figured out that focusing really well was just good enough.
@@AnotherMaker In my setup I'm using a lens from a hacked flashlight. The lens is 30mm. Do you think that the lenses that you used are a better match?
@@raymondlagcher8504 The lenses I have are perfect. The trick is to swap out the infrared LED with a red led and see what distance you get. You will basically get the same distance with red as infrared
@@AnotherMaker I did test with a red led. But the light is very dim. So I can imagine that the point wil be less on the wall will be less focused. Will try another risitor.
Really cool project, thanks. Can you share the code that differentiates the IR signal so one gun registers as red and the other blue? I’m new to Arduino programming. Thanks
So you can see in here pastebin.com/24YtvJGK that I'm sending 0xa1 for player 1 and 0xb1 for player 2. This is on the sending side. Then this is the receiver pastebin.com/gHtVb2SD and you can see how in the loop it does a different effect based on which one it received. pastebin.com/gHtVb2SD
Thanks, This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Im building a Dark Ride and wanted to add rider interaction with two guns to complete with each other and tally up their scores.
Hello , you talked about some other games on the server , please update this project with ESP32 , and share the code so that we can build based on your video , also need a way so that if you get shot , your gun will be disabled for certain amount of time , also triggers red lights and we can get the results on a screen over Wi-Fi , I really wanna builds this project so I hope you do another detailed video with sharing the esp32 code so that we can tweak and upload to our esp32 , thank you so much for this .
Great Video! Is there a way to get the arduino codes you used, as well as a circuit diagram?
On the receiver side, I break provide the code (which has the circuit instructions in the code) at th-cam.com/video/McYDX7_Tqy0/w-d-xo.html
For the sender, it's just an IR led and a button as described in this code.... pastebin.com/Bq3tZQAB
If you want to add a transistor to the sender, this shows you how. arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/36758/using-a-transistor-to-get-100ma-on-a-ir-led
this sounds like a great project to make for kids can we have the code source? I am planning to add to the code some additional features so team can play with each other for big gatherings
You'll have to come back and share what you did. Glad this is helpful!
Which ir laser did u used
I posted the links in the description. I can't copy them here.
Can anyone send me the links of ir emitter and lens
Lens www.aliexpress.com/item/1713363004.html
Emitter www.aliexpress.com/item/4000838376382.html
thinking about scooping the insides out of a nerf laser tag gun(they're about £10) and replacing it with a similar system. Great video!
I love that. You definitely should.
My first set I built 4 years ago were in nerf guns, they looked really good, I am currently building a new set but I am using a couple of toy m416 guns off Ali express. I use a transistor for the led and can confirm these can shoot UpTo and over 100 meters. Nice work Another maker, you explained the focusing in a easy to understand way.
@@AnotherMaker I'm currently trying to use all the stock stuff except the emitter, but I'm having difficulty with trying to reprogram the mainboard.
@@matlex9605 What error are you getting?
@@AnotherMaker None, i just have no idea how to program it
Would you be willing to make a set of say 6 of these for me to buy if so price? Fantastic work by the way!
I wish I could. I have commercial clients in the space, so I have an agreement not to produce these kinds of devices for a certain amount of time. The best I can do is leave my videos up :)
Hi, I am really impressed by what you have done ! Could you please give me links for the components you are using ? I can't find an ir led a bit powerful (btw how much Watts is your led ?) nor a sensor like yours. I also have other questions, if I could contact you by email or something like that it would be great !
Thanks in advance and great job !!!
Thanks for watching and for encouraging me to update the video description!
LEDs
amzn.to/3ckm5Ef
or
www.aliexpress.com/item/4000838376382.html
and
www.aliexpress.com/item/32996166248.html
Transistors
amzn.to/3kqYMva or this kit amzn.to/33HfeRp
or
www.aliexpress.com/item/32814626918.html
@@AnotherMaker thanks a lot, but are these leds powerful enough to get a good range ? I tried them few months ago and wasn't able to get more than a few meters. I thought you had an other one in your video. Regarding the receivers, do you know how to handle receiver led with only two pins (like in the second link) ? And how do you wire several receivers together ? (If i wnat to have a bigger target). Do you handle them individually or are they wired together ?
Anyway what I am trying to say is that if you had some schematics to share it would be very useful. I have never wotked with transistors or Ir receiver and I don't really know how to work with them
I think I should precise that I am considering to build a few laser tags sets.
I am still thinking about it but i think I am going to have a 3d printed gun with an ir led, a red laser (to aim) controlled by an esp32 (i have never worked with them if you have suggestions). The esp32 would communicate with an other esp32 on the armor. The armor would consist of at least 2 targets (one for the front, one for the back). They would be also 3d printed and have in them led strips and ir receivers. I'd like to have quite big targets (because it would be frustrating otherwise), that's why I am considering to have multiple receivers (although the beam coming from the gun might be wide enough so I only need one receiver, I don't know yet and would love to know your point of view on that).
Then for the scores, my idea is that the ir led would send some id so that when someone is touched, they know who killed them. Then there is two solutions, either the player touched sends thanks to the ESP 32 a wifi signal to signify that the player has been killed by x, so that x knows it and earn points. Or the player keeps the information and at the end of the game, all the data is shared to compute the scores.
This will depend on the range of the ESP32, but also if they can connect at the same time to several devices (the armor would need to be connected to the gun and also a server) and also how fast it is to create a connection (ideally i would like to not have a server and that when a player is touched he just connects to the "killer" to signify him, but I don't know if it's possible).
I hope my explanation was clear. I am sorry to bother you with all of these details but I am new to all of this (i usually work more with robots and arduino).
And of course i forgot to mention that since I am considering to build quite a few of these, I would like to keep the prices low.
@@willcharlotte3851 well i think it will be a good idea. The same of pubg but you need more distance like 200m or more. Let me know if you findout howto. As i know you need wifi range and arduino on bodies all connected and mini screen display like smartwatch showing battery life and your life counter and other one on your arm showing arm power nd how many shoots you have. Thx for your time hv nice day 😊
Use a PVC pipe that you can screw, way easier and better.
Sometimes the screw in ones get stuck, but yeah. That definitely works.
Please we need another detailed build video , as the receiver is not shown , also please share some scripts , thank for the video really
I have another video on the receiver. th-cam.com/video/McYDX7_Tqy0/w-d-xo.html Then the sender is basically any ir sketch and circuit. There's nothing special there. The magic is in the lens. This is a good circuit to overdrive the led a little www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/2021/how-to-send-and-receive-data-over-ir-signals-with-an-arduino
I have built something like that but much more compact and i have successfully tested it with 1000 meters. Demonstration is here: th-cam.com/video/a9-3Va7cq7k/w-d-xo.html It is without details because it is pretty simple to build. Link to the project with source code and circuite is in video's description.
Hello,
I first want to thank you for your amazing video!
Second I wanted to see if there was a way for us to get in contact with each other. I would like to see about possibly hiring you to help provide your code and parts lists for me to build my own laser tag system for my home.
Thank you so much and I hope to hear back from you soon.
Hi! Glad it was helpful. I don't do a ton of that kind of work, but I'd be happy to help where I can. My contact info is in the about section of my youtube channel.
PIR for the receiver
I should definitely try that.