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1kHz Laser detection using solar cell with no optical filtering

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Why people recommend it

Shows a 1 kHz modulated laser being detected with a solar cell; often cited when people plan laser tag or detection projects, though it gives few circuit details.

Watch for: few component values given

In their words

I've been doing some digging and I found this video where some students at a university manage to detect a modulated laser with a solar panel.

Huckle on electronics.stackexchange.com, Aug 2013. CC BY-SA.

So to make this easier I would be using a band pass filter to only detect the laser (which I dunno how yet, just got the idea from here) but the they mentioned it's a 1khz band pass filter which I dunno how that would only detect the 600(ish)nm laser frequency.

user3761832 on electronics.stackexchange.com, Feb 2016. CC BY-SA.