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 ...

This is a fairly simple circuit for TV and VCR can be used to test remote controls. The infrared detector module (GP1U52X) (Radio Shack 276-137) provides a 5 volt TTL pulse train corresponding to the ...

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. [Rick’s] ...

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 ...

[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 ...

April 30, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Walking to your computer to change a song or to skip to the next PowerPoint slide isn't ideal. Instead, use LIRC ...

This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may earn affiliate commission. Read the full ...

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 ...