For today's how-to we spent some time rummaging around in our parts box to build a serial IR remote interface for our PC. We took a few pieces from various designs to come up our own, built ...

Take an AM radio and tune it to an unused channel. Inbetween bands. While listening to static, point the remote at the AM antenna or somewhere close to the radio, and press a button on the remote. You ...

What is an IR Blaster and How Does it Work? An IR blaster is a hardware component in some smartphones that allows the device to emulate an infrared remote control, enabling it to control various ...