An infrared receiver IC separates the modulated beam into a clean stream of 0s and 1s. The data stream is decoded by a microcontroller and sent to a computer over a USB connection.

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 ...

This week's How-To is a fun one, we take an iPod and turn it in to a universal infrared remote control which can be used to control all your home electronic equipment, or just about anything that ...

The circuit uses a Vishay V34836 infrared receiver to pick up the invisible signals that are sent from a remote control. A Microchip 12F683 processes the data and has two main output modes.

Once you have your IR receiver plugged in, it's just a matter of setting up your universal remote control. Assuming you have a Harmony remote, you will need to set up a new Device to serve as your ...

For hardware, you need an infrared receiver, which you might have already, and a remote control. A small number of PCs come with an infrared receiver that is supported by the LIRC software.

This small InfraRed Remote Control Tester circuit is used for checking the operation of an infrared remote control unit. The circuit is based on the idea of connecting a piezo buzzer directly to an IR ...

Without upgrading my remote, that's not much help. I'm seeing conflicting reports on whether the Shield Pro has a built-in IR receiver on the console or not. Does it?