The first remote control for a TV was the Zenith Space Command back in the 1950’s. Space Command used sounds at ultrasonic frequencies to control the set. It wasn’t until the 1980’s and the Viewstar ...

[Dave Jones] from EEVBlog.com takes “Arduino fan boys” off the garden path getting down and dirty with different methods to capture, evaluate and retransmit IR remote control codes. Capturing and ...

Hi,<BR><BR>First post. (Be gentile)<BR><BR>I've put together a system to be the family HTPC. Specs below. It was running Vista OK but like most people I freaking hate Vista so I switched to the Win7 ...

You'd think a remote control technology that was first introduced in the 1980s would be completely obsolete by now. But infrared (IR) remotes are still very much kicking half a century later, despite ...

This is a fairly simple circuit for TV and VCR can be used to test remote controls. The infrared detector module (GP1U52X) (Radio Shack 276-137) provides a 5 volt TTL pulse train corresponding to the ...

Anyone that has ever tried to use a programmable remote knows what is so great about discrete IR commands, but just by the name the concept seems foreign. It's pretty simple really, most remotes have ...

This is a 32 channel infrared remote controller circuit fundamentally includes key pad, decoder, transducer stage, an output and a battery. Circuit is like a pocket calculator in size. Commands are ...

It’s been nearly 65 years since remote controls came to market–at the time, the devices were called “Lazy Bones.” Much has changed since then (except for the lazy part), and these days, our ...

I never thought I’d find anything to replace my Logitech Harmony universal remote, but I have: New Potato Technologies’ FLPR (http://www.newpotatotech.com), a new ...