EDN

Signal cond ICs process IR remote control signals

Announced as the first signal conditioning ICs suitable for processing IR remote control signals from discrete photodiodes, the VSOP383 and VSOP584 signal conditioning ICs are offered in small QFN ...
EDN

Receivers minimize disturbance signals on IR remote-control systems

Malvern, Pa.—In a move to minimize the impact of fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and other disturbance signals on IR remote control systems, Vishay Intertechnology Inc. released five series of ...
Hackaday

How To Decode IR Remote Control Signals With Your PICkit 2

[SpiralBrain] needed to figure out the coding scheme used by an IR remote control so that he could use it with his own project. He built an IR receiver board for the PICkit 2 and figured out how to ...
Hackaday

Multi Input IR Remote Control Repeater

[Peter]’s folks’ cable company is terrible – such a surprise for a cable TV provider – and the digital part of their cable subscription will only work with the company’s cable boxes. The cable company ...
Electronic Design

Infrared Still Dominates Short-Range Wireless Communications

Infrared (IR) technology continues as a viable short-range wireless option. More than 700 million infrared (IR) receivers were shipped in 2010. While most of these devices are used for familiar remote ...