On February 18, 2005 2:34 pm, Kin C Wong wrote: > I have a hardware / software project that I have been wanting to do for a > long time. It consists of decoding infrared signals like those from a tv > remote, process those signals and output currently via RS232 but ideally > via USB to a desktop application (windows currently). I want to replace > these units with something more flexible. For the longest time I have been > wanting to use something like a PIC processor to do this. > > Picking up the latest Linux Journal, I found some ARM9 single board > computer that sells for $119USD (unfortunately, you have to buy a hundred > of them) and boots TS-Linux from on-board flash. Are there any miniature > linux and hardware gurus out there that have comments. (Still looking for > Feb Linux Journal.)
Hi, An arm9 is definitely overkill for this. Check out http://www.lirc.org/ especially the home-brew part of the Supported Hardware section. It's quite possible to use an old mouse for the serial interface so you just need to wire up an IR detector and IC. Should be less than $1 in parts. ~Scott _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
