The USB IR Toy is back in stock at Seeed Studio again. Seeed is working really hard to update and stock the last batch of IR Toy v1. A few more trickled in today.
This batch has a background story. We were arranging v2, which is still over a month away and will be a few dollars more expensive, when Seeed found nearly 200 extra v1 and v1a IR Toys.
IR Toy v1 has a low-powered infrared transmitter section to reduce the chance of damage to the hardware or a PC. Unfortunately, when coupled with a super high-power LED like the SFH-41 used in the v1, the transmitting range is very low.
We wanted to give these IR Toys a little more oomph, so Seeed replaced the IR LED with the more efficient part we’re using in V2.
Get one for $20, including worldwide shipping.