2025-11-18 (Tu) BonfireLaserTag Sketching the remote enhancer

When I am conducting a group of people before a laser tag battle, I will want to selectively help some individuals by using my administration remote. However, for specific functions, such as starting a game, I will need to signal every tagger simultaneously. My solution was a repeater that sat at the end of an ordinary remote, and I could use a selector switch to toggle between an array of infrared LEDs or a single one inside a lensed focusing chamber. The design consisted of an infrared receiver module, an amplifying PNP transistor, a two-way switch, and infrared-emitting LEDs. I was confident that these would fit onto a 30 mm x 30 mm prototyping PCB. The case would have space for the circuit board, mounts for the unfocused LEDs at 60-degree intervals, a switch mounting hole, and an indicator LED.

Sketch for a infrared remote control amplifier

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