IPushKarov posted his DIY Nikon DSLR IR remote with MSP430: Three years back in time, I bought Nikon D3000 DSLR. I started shooting, but the moment I needed remote, came one day (more over night), during on night photography session. I … Read more
Mike writes informing us of his DIY IR Toy: Finally got around to taking some pics of a DIY IRToy I finished last week. All the parts are 0805, since I don’t have an 0603 kit (yet). I have it … Read more
Mewse posted pictures of this inexpensive plastic case for USB IR Toy: It’s $1.20 USD with free shipping, you can cut a notch in for the mini-USB connector and use foam tape to stick the board down. Via the forum. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 – … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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