While more and more consumer products are rushing to include WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, the simplicity and reliability of infrared has kept it in the game in the game far longer than many might ...

Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) allows you to use inexpensive hardware to control your Linux PC with a TV remote control. Why would you want to control your PC with a TV remote control? A number ...

Finally, IR takes an almost trivial amount of engineering resources to add to a device. Slap some buttons on a stick of plastic and assign each one a numeric code. The bluetooth hardware might be ...

I'm going to bite the bullet and go for the Nvidia Shield TV Pro. I have a Logitech Harmony 650 remote, which is IR only. I would like to have the Shield up and running in an integrated fashion on the ...

A good universal remote can help tame today’s complex home entertainment systems, combining both classic IR and more modern WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity with programmable functions that allow the ...

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 ...