Hi,

On Saturday 17 April 2004 15:25, Jinx wrote:
> Is this a commercial transmitter ? If so you may find the format
> and timing on the web. You could use timing code to confirm
> that

Yeah, it is a commerical remote, in fact I want to use the one that
is available for the XBox. I'm currently googling to see if I can
get the relevant specs for it.

> Otherwise what you suggest should work with a 3-pin detector
> that has a logical output (might be inverted), as they strip the
> carrier frequency out and present the PIC with just the data
>
> There could be several timings present. The pulse itself, a "0"
> space, a "1" space, the inter-burst space, possibly others, that
> will probably be multiples of a base period. The faster you have
> the PIC running the better the resolution, although this may not
> matter too much if the periods are distinct and relatively long

ok, great. Hopefully I can find the specs for the remote and
validate what sort of lengths of time I'm going to be dealing with.

Thanks,
Matt

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