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 ...

We've grown a little spoiled. At some point during the progression of televisions and media devices, remote controls went from infrared sensors that required a direct line-of-sight between the remote ...

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I'm going to bite the bullet and go for the Nvidia Shield TV Pro. I have a Logitech Harmony 650 remote, which is IR only. I would like to have the Shield up and running in an integrated fashion on the ...

We’ve featured loads of IR Arduino projects and they are all exciting and unique. The projects spring from a specific need or problem where a custom infrared remote control is the solution. [Rick’s] ...

Sometimes you need a little utility device to do a very simple job, and do it well.This one-shot IR helper from [Gregory Sanders] is just that. [Gregory] had a TV that didn’t support automatically ...