Dear community please help me out, I'm trying to recreate miles system, and I want to use 980MD-30 980nm 1mw IR Adjusted Laser Dot Diode TTL 0-15KHz Class 2.
What would be the most suited receiver to use with this laser? And how much distance could I push with it?
What receiver would I want to use if I was to catch IR signal from 980nm, 0-15KHz IR laser? Keeping in mind that I'm trying to get maximum range between emitter and receiver.
It depends a lot on what you are trying to do with it.
If you want to send data like a long-range infrared remote control, have a look at Sparkfun's IR Communication page.
Note that the receiver mentioned there ( the TSOP38238 ) ONLY WORKS when the transmitter is modulated correctly.
I'd guess you should be able to get 100meters out of it... IF you can point it that accurately 
Since it's a laser and you can't see it (unless you use your 'phone camera), it'll be tricky making it work at 10meters.
Yours,
TonyWilk
@GusevAnton87, please do not cross-post. Threads merged.
GusevAnton87:
What receiver would I want to use if I was to catch IR signal from 980nm, 0-15KHz IR laser?
So now you tell me... forget the TSOP38238, that's designed for 30+Khz signalling.
Go search Mouser
Hi, Tony.
I'm trying to make a laser tag kind of game, only using a bit different hardware, but the mechanics of it are basically laser tag. So I need a bunch of sensors on a vest react to IR laser signal. Couple of laser that I got are IR 980nm 0-15KHz. So I'm trying to work around them, also I'd like to keep the cost to a minimum. Precision here should not be an issue as you can imagine, to help with that I would probably use optical and red dot sights.
So that's my question. What would be a good sensor to use for (preferably not modulated) IR 980nm 0-15KHz laser?
Thanks.
GusevAnton87:
(preferably not modulated) IR 980nm 0-15KHz laser?
If not modulated you're going to have a really hard time to distinguish between laser and ambient, and an even harder time figuring out who shot whom. For the first just the fact that it's modulated is what makes the distinction. For the second, you need the data (just an 8-16-bit number is probably enough) that you can send along the modulated signal.
A quick search on Digikey didn't yield any IR receivers at <20 kHz, the majority being 38 kHz, other common frequencies are 36, 40 and 56 kHz.