If you’ve ever needed a short-range remote control for a project, [firestorm] is here to help you out. He put up a great tutorial on using an IR remote to do just about anything with everyone ...

I made this Arduino project that allows to turn ON and OFF LEDs using a cheap IR remote control as a preparation for the next big step: disassemble my girlfriend’s chinese LED lamp and replace its ...

We’ve featured loads of IR Arduino projects and they are all exciting and unique. The projects spring from a specific need or problem where a custom infrared remote control is the solution. [… ...

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.

(InfraRed remote control) A handheld, wireless device used to operate audio, video and other electronic equipment within a room using light signals in the infrared (IR) range. Infrared light ...

If your universal remote has no software for programming, but it offers the option to learn commands, you can use the remote control that came with the IR reciever to teach it the commands.

I can't seem to find a program that will let me use my IR port on the laptop as a remote control for my TV, VCR and DVD player. Surely such a thing exists?