====== Million Mile Remote ======
The goal of this project is to increase the range of a remote controller beyond any reasonable limits. Why? Because we can and that the techniques can be used in hundred and fifty other contexts as well. 

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===== Basic Concepts =====
  * Point-to-point communication using IR transmitter and receiver - just as any regular remote controller.
  * Apply spread spectrum signalling to allow below noise floor reception.
  * Apply Error Correction Coding to squeeze the last few dB's out of the system
  * Use old camcorder-lens as receiver "antenna" to improve receiver bit-energy-to-noise ratio.
  * Use laser or high directional IR diodes as transmitter. Hmm, does it have to be eye-safe?
  * Look into types of hyper-sensitive IR receiver components - maybe combined with liquid nitrogen cooling to suppress noise? 
  * Apply "front-end" with controllable baseband filter and Variable-Gain Amplifier(s) to increase the dynamic range. 
  * Apply noise reduction techniques in PCB design.
  * Open-questions; sampling, chip and data rates, spreading code types, baseband signal processing (FPGA?), signal acquisition