(InfraRed remote control) A handheld, wireless device used to operate audio, video and other electronic equipment within a room using light signals in the infrared (IR) range. Infrared light requires ...

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 ...

Even though some devices now use WiFi and Bluetooth, so much of our home entertainment equipment still relies on its own proprietary infrared remote control. By and large (when you can find them) they ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors was able to sink a surface-mountable infrared (IR) LED into a printed-circuit board, creating what it claims is the first the first flush-mountable version of its kind. The ...

A multitude of IR remote control communication schemes have been incorporated in commercial equipment for the last forty years. Even though the schemes use different timing, data organization and ...

Laziness sometimes spawns the greatest inventions. Making things to reduce effort on your part is quite possibly one of the greatest motivators out there. So when [Kyle] had to get out of bed in order ...