There's a wifi/arduino widget on kickstarter. Very inexpensive. Gary On Jul 22, 2013 2:37 PM, "Dwayne Reid" wrote: > Good day to all. > > My buddy is looking for a small remote control unit that he can carry > on his belt. He wants to control Winamp that is running on his > Windows computer. Because he wants to use this device both inside > his home as well as in the yard, he figures that a remote control > that communicates via WiFi might work well for him. He has speakers > at several locations inside his house as well as nice outdoor > speakers that cover his yard nicely. All he needs now is some way to > control Winamp (pause / restart playback, skip ahead to beginning of > next song). He currently has good WiFi coverage in any of the areas > that he would want to use the remote control. > > The remote itself can be either simple or complex. Simple would be > only a couple buttons with no display. Complex can be anything with > several (or lots of) buttons and with or without a display. > > Obviously, there would need to be some form of application running on > his computer that would map the commands from the remote control into > the software program of his choice (Winamp in this case). > > Is anyone aware of either something commercially available *or* a > well-documented DIY-type project? > > I was looking at the remote control for a GoPro Hero 3 - this seems > like a possibility but I would need to come up with something that > runs on his computer so as to actually interpret and map the button > presses to commands. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .