Brisk4t’s “Tossed The TV — Kept The Remote” (TTVKTR) is an open-source firmware project for Raspberry Pi RP2040 USB boards that aims to reduce electronics waste by converting old IR remote controls ...

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Arduino library for generating all the quadruped movements for controlling a mePed robot V2 with 8 servos. It also controls the optional IR receiver and NeoPixels. Available as QuadrupedControl ...

How to implement NEC protocol logic on a configurable mixed-signal IC. Discover ways to eliminate external components and reduce coding complexity. Configure up to nine custom commands using the ...

Domninus Scepter is a versatile ESP32-based IR/Bluetooth remote control system designed to control infrared devices such as TVs, air conditioners (ACs), and speakers, with additional Bluetooth ...

ESP32 microcontrollers, known for their versatility in IoT and smart home projects, also support digital audio via their I2S interface. In the first part of this series, we explore an audio-focused ...

Photoelectric sensors detect objects and surface changes using variations in optical properties. Each sensor includes a light emitter and a receiver, with most relying on infrared light. In optical ...

Today’s IR-based remote controls have little resemblance to their predecessors; it took the convergence of unrelated advances to get us here. We take the ubiquitous infrared-based (IR) remote control ...

Universal remotes are extremely convenient if they work correctly. But setting them up can be quite a hassle: often, you need to browse through long lists of TV models, key in the codes on the remote ...