Hackaday

ir receiver

The problem with building your own electronics for the living room is that the final product may not fit your decorating style. This was true with [Itay’s] prototype of a universal USB IR receiver. So ...
Hackaday

HackBusting: Can You Fake A TV Remote With A Lighter And Some Paper?

We recently published an article where someone apparently controlled their TV by simulating a remote with merely a lighter and a sheet of paper. The paper had a barcode like cutout for a supposed ...
Yahoo Finance

Vishay Intertechnology Infrared Receiver Upgrade Reduces Current Consumption, Improves Robustness Against ESD and Direct Sunlight

MALVERN, Pa., March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that the company has upgraded its TSOP2xxx, TSOP4xxx, TSOP57xxx, TSOP6xxx, and TSOP77xxx ...
Electronic Design

For The Best Receiver Testing, Record And Play Back Real-World Signals

The testing of any new wireless receiver design usually requires conventional test instruments such as a vector signal generator and appropriate output instruments like a scope, vector signal analyzer ...
Electronic Design

Infrared Still Dominates Short-Range Wireless Communications

More than 700 million infrared (IR) receivers were shipped in 2010. While most of these devices are used for familiar remote-control applications in set-top boxes (STBs), DVDs, TVs, game consoles, air ...