April 15, 2013

Easily control Arduino via infra-red remote control

 Becoming dissatisfied with the variety of Arduino tutorials on the Internet, Instructables user "enjoyingelectronics" has published their own version that takes a different approach to other tutorials. Instead of focusing on one or two different brands of remote control, they describe how to work with any brand of remote by learning the codes received and the dealing with them. This gives the end user a variety of remotes to work with and also possible integration with an existing multiple-device remote control. 


Once you've mastered infrared, controlling an Arduino to do various things is quite simple and inexpensive - so give it a go. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.

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The package includes a wide variety of parts, sensors and modules including: a servo motor, lights, buttons, switches, sound, sensors, breadboard, wires and more. Furthermore a Freetronics Eleven Arduino-compatible board is included to make this an extensive hobby experimenter, inventor and starter kit. However we don't leave you alone to figure it all out, included is a great project and instruction booklet, plus access to a supporting web page and software examples. In other words - this is everything you need to get started for a fun range of electronics and Arduino related projects! 

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