I was wondering if anyone had a schematic to creating a universal remote controller for your TV, VCR, etc... I was also wondering if you had the pic program design.
universal remote controller
Dec 02, 2005
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The main work is not the hardware or the schematics, it is the software in the PIC.
Rene
Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com
& commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net
that is true but finding out the codes for the different types of televisions it the main information I need. The other parts would be nice so I know what parts i would need and what other people used. I know that the newer universal remotes utilize those round "blob" chips. I was very intrested in the pic design and I also want to figure out how much current it will need etc...
Just buy one for $9.99
Some one else already did all the hard work.
Graham
Have a look at the lirc project. I built one and it works very well. There are drivers for nearly every remote that you could ever imagine on the site.
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Many years ago, I worked for one of the first outfits with a successful URC ("Universal Electronics"), and there was a guy whose full-time job was to sit there and capture codes from various brands of remotes from all over the world.
Another way to approach this would be to go to the various manufacturers and see if they'd release their codes.
Good Luck! Rich
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Regards,
Bob Monsen
The question of the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of
mathematics remains open; we do not know in what direction it will find its
final solution or even whether a final objective answer can be expected at
all. "Mathematizing" may well be a creative activity of man, like language
or music, of primary originality, whose historical decisions defy complete
objective rationalization.
- Hermann Weyl in 1944
A couple of years ago I get interested in IR remote controls; I built a PIC project that used a TSOP1140 (which I had gotten surplus) to receive remote control signals, and interpret the data stream using a pic. It was able to do silly things like dimming lamps and turning on fans using a standard remote control.
Regards,
Bob Monsen
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to be conceived or known without number.
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wow that is so smart! did you come up with that all by yourself. Oh, wait. where was this posted at? Which newsgroup? If you don't have anything to contribute? Please do not post.
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