After playing laser tagging for a few weeks, i was wondering if it would be possible to design a simple version of the equipment for practice purposes. Pulsing a laser pointer should be not so hard but i'm not so sure of the receiver end. Ideal would be the following:
Sender, laser pointer built into toy gun, trigger will allow pointer to pulse for a quarther second and then go off, repeated pulling of trigger will cause pulses but never a continues beam. Receiver end will start beeping and/or flashing for 4 seconds when hit, gun would always be connected to receiver and would be disabled during the 4 seconds of being hit. I know the equipment is available but very expensive, and it should be possible to create this. Eventual option would be a player hit counter, but that's not important at this stage. Any suggestions?
Bart Bervoets