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
Nice link Scott, I was not aware of an irc specifically for linux. This will come in handy. I can't use an old mouse because at some point, we will want to go to production. However, certainly something to tinker with.
I notice that it references serial and parallel ports.. Unfortunately, most of the new laptops are coming out with neither port and are replacing it with a usb port. In the new ir receiver / decoder, usb would be the way to go.
I agree, definitely overkill (but I really want a reason for getting one ... or two ... or a dozen <grin>).
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