[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 ...

[James] is one of those guys on a quest to control everything with one device. His tool of choice is an Android phone, which can do quite a lot right out of the box. But he was never satisfied with ...

Infrared remote controllers are everywhere around us. The majority of home appliances are controlled using infrared remote controls. In this article/video, we will learn how to build a device that can ...

Sometimes, you look around at all these gadgets and in a rare moment of inspiration or madness, you look at them all a little different??? connected in a way they are currently not, but perhaps should ...

The history of TV remotes is an interesting one. The very first remote control, known as the Lazy Bones, wasn't even wireless. It was introduced by Zenith Radio Corporation in 1950 and relied on a ...

We’ll explain the difference between these two types of remote, explain the advantages and disadvantages of each, and more. Chances are, most readers have never really thought about whether their ...

Most homes today have at least a few infrared remote controls, whether they be for the television, the video recorder, the stereo, etc. Despite that fact, who among us has not cursed the light that ...

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless television remote control, once said that “the flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised, but the remote control is the ...

1. You'll need the remote control unit for any household gizmo (television, DVD player, stereo, air conditioner, whatever) and a digital camera with an LCD display (mobile phone cameras will do nicely ...