The project utilizes Motorola MC68HC908 MCU to create the USB-IR-BOY which is an LIRC compatible USB bus receiver hardware. Since most new computers are no longer including RS232 port, the use of ...

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 ...

Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) allows you to use inexpensive hardware to control your Linux PC with a TV remote control. Why would you want to control your PC with a TV remote control? A number ...

Now that we listen to MP3s, and watch XVIDs or x264s, a computer is the entertainment center in at least one room of most homes. Unless you have a special HTPC, though, you’re probably stuck using the ...

Walking to your computer to change a song or to skip to the next PowerPoint slide isn't ideal. Instead, use LIRC to control any application on your Linux or Windows PC with any infrared remote. We've ...