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SIS-2 Universal Remote Receiver

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Jeremy Cook writes on the Tindie blog about this IR receiver board by Atomsofttech:

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SIS-2 Universal Remote Receiver

When you think of a “universal remote,” you generally picture an infrared (IR) emitter that can be setup to control your TV, AV receiver, and any other number of devices that work using IR signals. On the other hand, what’s to keep someone from doing the opposite, and having a universal receiver that can be programmed to accept codes from a remote that you just have lying around?

Watch the receiver board in action:

SIS-2 Universal Remote Receiver

Smart Racer: control RC cars from your smartphone

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Sarunas designed this RC receiver replacement which uses a smart phone as remote controller via WiFi or Bluetooth:

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Why not control your RC car with smart phone?

Features include:

  • Control RC car from Android phone or iPhone
  • Control RC servo and ESC
  • Control 5 Leds
  • Drive RC car up to 70m away
  • Drives Brushed and Brushless motors
  • Works with 1:10 and 1:18 models
  • Powered directly from ESC power
  • Control using REST API
  • Connection lost cut off
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The design files and source code are available on GitHub:

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Here’s the Smart Racer in action:

Smart Racer: control RC cars from your smartphone

Blue IR: Build your own universal remote

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Sarunas built this device to replace a bunch of different remote controls with a smart phone:

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Blue IR

Build your own universal remote

Features include:

  • Control TV, HiFi and more from Android, iPhone or Windows Phone.
  • Control devices using NEC, RC5 and SIRC protocols
  • Provides Bluetooth Low Energy service for controlling it from other devices.

A solar version was also designed to avoid having to change the battery:

http://blog.sarunas.eu/post/2016/08/10/Blue-IR-solar-version
http://blog.sarunas.eu/post/2016/08/10/Blue-IR-solar-version

Blue IR solar version

Despite that Bluetooth Low Energy device uses so little of it, the battery will eventually run out. To overcome that, the old device was improved by adding a solar charger.

The design files and source code are available on GitHub:

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Blue IR: Build your own universal remote