TV remotes still use infrared because it’s cheap, universal, and reliable. Remotes often use IR for basic functions and ...

Using his Open Bench logic sniffer and an IR receiver from an old VCR, he deciphered his remote’s encoding system. He then programmed an ATtiny13 to decode messages received by the IR sensor ...

Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) allows you to use inexpensive hardware to control your Linux PC with a TV remote control. Why would you want to control your PC with a TV remote control? A number ...

For today's how-to we spent some time rummaging around in our parts box to build a serial IR remote interface for our PC. We took a few pieces from various designs to come up our own, built ...

IR Remote Control Basics A multitude of IR remote control communication schemes have been incorporated in commercial equipment for the last forty years.

Just occasionally though, along comes an IR remote whose protocol doesn’t follow that well-worn path [William Dudley] found himself in this position with an air-conditioning unit remote control.

The sensor bar works exactly the same as the traditional Wii sensor bar, except it now looks like a remote control. Originally the mod was done as just wires and batteries.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with a built-in IR blaster that turns it into a smart TV remote control through special software called WatchOn.

The PlayStation 4 does not have an IR (infrared) sensor like many other consumer electronics devices, nor does it support RF. It does, however, allow for control via Bluetooth and HDMI-CEC.