#Usb ir receiver radio shack how to#
#Usb ir receiver radio shack Bluetooth#

#Usb ir receiver radio shack Bluetooth#

Pros: Much more flexible solution (can use standard Arduino shields to add Bluetooth Low Energy, relay controls, etc.)Ĭons: Larger footprint, separate power for router and Arduino, battery support not built in.Īlternative 2: Buy a pre-built USB solution This is $6 more than going pure wireless and will give you a MUCH easier to work with solution (no soldering required) - it’s also possible to find the arduino and shield on sites like dx.com and - I paid about $10 for my Arduino and $11 for the shield but had to figure out documentation myself (and bend pins back from damage, and wait about a month for delivery…) (These use my Amazon affiliate account - please feel free to remove the tag but I would otherwise appreciate the kickback! It took about an evening to piece it together and write simple firmware that accepts commands via telnet - I had written an HTTP+JSON server but the RN-XV can only serve one socket at a time and is VERY slow to close sockets - one second per request felt like an eternity…I figure I’ll set up a small server application that my wireless-ir remotes will call in to and let that server provide a nice REST API in front of the sockets to the real devices.ĭisadvantages: Expensive-ish requires extra software. * is a similar product but won’t require an FTDI cable and can be used to emulate a USB device - it should be possible to plug it in to your PS3 via USB and have it issue HID commands and maybe even monitor power state - I need to do more research here. (various) jumper wires, headers soldered on to the FIO, solderless breadboard, FTDI cable to program the Fio (1) $1 Micro-USB power supply (alternatively you can use a $9 LiPo battery with the Fio - I have one on order, not sure when it will be here.) (1) $1 2N3904 (I used an NTE123, any similar NPN transistor will be fine)

(1) $0.25 100uF/25V capacitor (to keep from browning out the microprocessor)

(1) $0.25 10 ohm resistor (per to limit current to the LEDs) (2) $2 “High Output” Infrared LEDs from Radio Shack (1.2V / 100mA) The simplest wireless solution I could sort out came from: My current device is more or less based on:

#Usb ir receiver radio shack how to#

I’m not going to discuss how to get the IR codes here - discusses how to do it (the library comes with a very easy-to-build and easy-to-use test rig.) Just add a $5 IR Receiver available at any given Radio Shack. DISCLAIMER - I’m not an EE and I’m not particularly good at this - I might be drawing too much power from the Fio, for example.