Improved Infrared Receiver with status led
This is a general purpose serial port infrared receiver. With the help of appropriate software (see below) you can control different functions of your pc from a distance. For example you can control your home cinema settings (volume, play, pause, stop etc), your winamp etc.
It uses for receiver TSOP 1738 (38 KHz) but it worked well with TSOP 1736 (36 KHz) and a remote Sony which works at 40Mhz.
The two transistors light up the led when a signal is received. Any kind of led will fit.
The software that can be used are:
Girder +
Igor Plugin
WinLIRC
Miriam
IRAssistant
But keep in mind that each software uses different pin out. Details can be found at the schematic.
The receiver working in a raster (flash movie)
Movie available in the following formats: Avi movie divx compressed (.avi)
351 KBFlash movie (.swf)
224 KB
For questions or feedback email the author.
Below are some pictures from the finished device:
Title: Improved Infrared Receiver with status led
electronic circuit
Source: www.electronics-lab.com
Published on: 2005-02-03
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