At 01:13 PM 2/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi to all engineers.
>
>I was playing with IR remote controllers using Charles Hoss's method
>with PC sound card. It is perfect method to capture IR data. there are
>a few thing I still do not understand. I heard that IR remotes are
>running under
>32 - 41 Khz.  I  measured signals directly from processor or base of
>output
>IR driver all I get is about 1 kHz signal also I tried measuring from IR
>receiver
>output  I am getting even lower then 1 Khz. Am I measuring wrong?

I am assuming that you are using a detector module (i.e. Radio Shack or
Sharp, etc..). These modules automatically demodulate the signal. So the
30-40KHz is removed and all that is left is the real signal which may be
around 1KHz. Note: most sound cards would never be able to sample a 30KHz
signal (the max sampling rate is ~44KHz which means you can only sample at
most a 22KHz signal).

 If you are using just an IR LED then you should be getting the 32-40KHz.

MD


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