Casey O’Donnel shared his free IR Toy Shield PCB build. This board turns your Arduino into the IR Toy. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Grab an assembled USB […]
Category Archives: Infrared toy
USB Infrared Toy v2 back in stock
USB Infrared Toy v2 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. You can use it as a remote control with your computer, view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, capture and replay remote control buttons. You can get IR Toy v2 for $22.05, including world wide shipping.
USB Infrared Toy firmware v23 test
A test version of firmware v23 for the USB Infrared Toy is available. JTR rewrote most of the code, and the result is over 50% smaller, simpler, and easier to debug. There are major improvements to sampling mode and SUMP logic analyzer mode. The latest open source USB stack is included. Feed the cool breeze […]
USB Infrared Toy v2 back in stock
USB Infrared Toy v2 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. You can use it as a remote control with your computer, view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, capture and replay remote control buttons. You can get IR Toy v2 for $22.05, including world wide shipping.
USB Infrared Toy firmware v22 final released
USB Infrared Toy firmware v22 final is now available for download. This includes bug fixes for both IR Toy hardware versions. This is the most stable IR Toy firmware yet. Download release package Download source archive Firmware update instructions The open source USB stack is performing well. After a little more testing on the IR […]
USB Infrared Toy firmware v22 beta
USB Infrared Toy firmware v22 beta is available for download in the forum. If you have a chance to test it, we’d appreciate any bug reports. If there are no major issues, a final firmware will be released next week. Major updates: Fixed 48byte transmit bug, thanks JTR! Fixed bug when IRS mode settings were […]
DIY USB Infrared Toy
Arup built a USB Infrared Toy clone. He is working out some kinks, but we expect him to be enjoying his new toy in no time. You can get IR Toy v2 for $22.05, including world wide shipping. Via the forum.
IR protocol decoder software for use with the IR Toy
After we blogged about his IR helicopter automatic altitude control video, amieres added another video. In this one he explains how to decode the IR protocol using a program he developed and the IR Toy. His software has many useful options like frame length recognition with a rounding option to eliminate signal travel time. A replace option is implemented […]
IR helicopter automatic altitude control
Amieres built a IR controlled Helicopter with Wiimote using USB IR Toy V1. A camera connected to the laptop tracks the helicopter. Using the USB IR Toy the laptop sends automatic altitude control signals. Setting attitude points is done with Wiimote’s up/down buttons, while nunchuk joystick is used for motion control. Via the comments. You can get […]
IR Toy Linux firmware upgrade program
Ynezz posted an IR Toy Linux firmware upgrade program: I’ve added similar stuff to the fw_update util directly, the modified source can be downloaded from my GitHub repository. It uses my librs232, so it should work on Linux/Win. I’ve tested it only on Linux. The repository contains also fix for usb interface claiming. It works […]
USB Infrared Toy v2 back in stock
USB Infrared Toy v2 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. You can get IR Toy v2 for $22.05, including world wide shipping.
New version of WinLIRC remote control receiver software
There’s a new version of WinLIRC and the WinLIRC plugin for the USB Infrared Toy. Just uploaded a new winlirc version, with yet another updated plugin for the IR Toy. It requires the latest firmware. Not tested it with the old one firmware, it might work but I wouldn’t advise it. Needs testing in case […]
USB Infrared Toy receive/transmit support for LIRC (Linux)
LIRC is a remote control decoder/transmitter program for Linux. The IR Toy has always been supported by LIRC’s IRman-compatable mode, but now there’s a patch for full receive and transmit support. Peter posted the test IR Toy LIRC driver in the forum: I have finished work on a lirc driver for linux that supports receive […]
USB Infrared Toy firmware v20 final released
Infrared Toy firmware v20 final is now available for download. This is an update for all IR Toy hardware versions. Thank you to all the testers and developers who made this happen. Download release package Download source archive Last week we released v20-RC1, but it took two more release candidates to get everything in order. […]
Testers needed: USB Infrared Toy firmware v20 release candidate 1
We are exceedingly proud to announce the first USB IR Toy firmware using an open source USB firmware. In the past we used the Microchip USB stack, but it’s not distributable so we can’t release the full source code. Sure, it’s easy enough to download the code from Microchip directly, but that is an extra […]
Testers needed: IR Toy firmware v20 test 10
IR Toy firmware v20 is nearly ready for release. This version uses the new open source USB stack written by JTR and Honken. The transmit, and receive functions have been completely reworked. The transmitter can handle 1000s of bytes of test signals without a glitch thanks to the new USB double-buffer. There’s only one bug […]
European TV B Gone firmware for the Infrared Toy
exapod made a TV B Gone firmware for the Infrared Toy using a list of European TV POWER OFF codes. Grab the firmware in the forum: i controlled all the function with the mplab sim and now it works, it turns off the european television. I attached the code. Thanks ian for the suggestion. Now […]
USB IR Toy firmware v20 test #6
Grab IR Toy firmware v20 test #6 from the forum. Yesterday we released a test firmware for the USB IR Toy that uses the new open source USB stack written by JTR and Honken. It had a few serious bugs in the SUMP-compatible logic analyzer mode. JTR made some updates and now it works […]
USB IR Toy test firmware v20 with open source USB stack
The USB IR Toy is the first project to be ported to the open source USB stack. In the past we relied on Microchip’s non-distributable USB stack and it made development a pain. With the new stack we can give you all the files, and compiling should be easy as clicking a button. You can […]
New WinLIRC version released
dukey has a new version of WinLIRC, Windows infrared receiver software that works with the USB IR Toy: the new version of winlirc is live, with some fixes to the irtoy usb plugin as promised. Since you guys love DIY hardware you should check out the audio receiver. I finally got a chance to sit […]