DN Staff

August 13, 2010

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Gadget Freak Case # 169: IR Remote Control Toggles Appliances



Bill Bowden asked, "Why not use a standard infrared remotecontrol from a TV, DVD player or cable-TV box to control other things?"So, Bill's Gadget Freak project does just that. His infrared (IR) receiverdecodes the signals from remote controls and uses the data to individually turnon or off four circuits via an isolated relay circuit. Bill tested his circuitwith more than 25 types of remote controls. Let's just say, "Click on,click off."

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Gadget Freak 169 - IR Remote Control Toggles Appliances

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Amt.

Description

Part #

4

Relay, 5V dc, SPST, 200O

686-0269

4

2N3904 Transistor

411-0029

1

PIC 12F629-I/P Microcontroller, 8-Pin DIP

383-0287

1

330O 1/4W Resistor

296-4764

1

10O 1/4W Resistor

296-4739

1

1.5KO 1/4W Resistor 1/4W

895-0540

1

Red LED

505-0180

1

5V dc, 600 mA Regulated Power Supply

928-9997

1

0.1 muF, 100V Capacitor

852-1193

1

10 muF, 16V Capacitor

613-0077

1

PICKit 3 Debugger/Programmer

383-2348

4

1N4148 Diode

411-0008



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