>
>Haven't done this yet, all those IR modules do is output the same
>pulse train reliably for each IR code you send them - so worst case, get
>out the remote control you want to use, get an IR receiver module, and
>look at the output with an oscilloscope/Logic Analyser/???, teach the
>PIC how to recognize each pulse train reliably.
>
>  Ray Doerr had one URL to look at in a message a while back,
>http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/~dnegro/IR/, looks like a good place to
>start for you.
>
>  Mark

        I may have mentioned this before, but we make a 12C508 based chip,
the ELM622, that will accept a stream of commands from an IR tv remote and
output the ASCII equivalent at 9600 8N1. Check out the data sheet at:

http://www.elmelectronics.com/Products/Connect/Connect.htm


        Jim Nagy
        Elm Electronics
  ICs for Experimenters
http://www.elmelectronics.com/