Electronics Making a remote control

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  1. boardsportsrule

    boardsportsrule What's a Dremel?

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    ok, i want to make a IR remote control for my comp...all i want is things to control my winamp/other media functions....i am firmiliar with this post
    http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost.php?p=749551&postcount=13

    now if i wanted to go to PS/2(no serial ports on pc) how would i wire it...where would the DATA wire go? or even a USB port would be great...same thing, just go to data
     
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  2. bigal

    bigal Fetch n Execute

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    parallel is easy but if you want to go usb take a look at the velleman usb experimentors kit, you could make up a VB program to control winamp from the inputs on it, but serial is by far the easyist. IR is very hard (morso) with USB.
     
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  3. boardsportsrule

    boardsportsrule What's a Dremel?

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    so i hear running it on paralell is easy, but how..? and is that hte same as PS/2?(keyboard/mouse connector)...paralell as i know it is the 25 pin thing...but maybe ps/2 is also parralell.i dunno..
     
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  4. papeniglio

    papeniglio Minimodder

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    Serial is A LOT easier and cheaper.... If you don't have serial ports you can buy a cheap USB/RS232 converter and you're done...

    Just my 2 cents...
     
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  5. Confused Fishcake

    Confused Fishcake Minimodder

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    I made one of these - two pieces ir reciever and 4k7 resistor. No way are you going to do it for under £10 with usb or ps2, so just but a usb to serial converter for about £5
     
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    minisweeper What's a Dremel?

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    So i already have a basic IR serial adapter for my pc - is there any way i can easily make it interact with existing remotes?
     
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  7. brandium

    brandium What's a Dremel?

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    it's certainly possible to use usb or ps/2 for an IR reciever, but they both have specific protocols to follow, and if you just hook the data line from the reciever up to the data line for ps/2 or usb, the BIOS probably will think the device is broken. If you have a PIC and the necessary programming equipment you could write a pretty nice interface and have it show up as a keyboard or something, but otherwise getting a usb to serial adapter is your best bet, and using one of the programs from the other post.

    Also - it might be easier to buy something, the ATI Remote wonder looks pretty nice, and its RF instead of IR, although that defeats the modding spirit ;)

    minisweeper - do you mean you have one of those built, or something else? In general though you're going to need to figure out how to train the reciever, either by finding software with a library of remote configurations, or the ability to listen for commands, and let you pick what to do.
     
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  8. Confused Fishcake

    Confused Fishcake Minimodder

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    WinLirc is great - allows learning of any IR Remote, using it now to control winamp
     
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