My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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I built a TV-B-Gone based off Ada's design. She's given permission to share the design and construction details; she's even encouraged it.

I used a PIC. It's one of the newer XLP (eXtremely-Low-Power) chips they make and has more pins than the original AVR. How is it different? Well...

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PROS:
  * Has both start and stop buttons
  * More energy efficient
      Uses 80% less power in (deep) sleep mode
      Stop button saves running power

CONS:
  * PIC footprint is larger
  * Less community support for PICs
Why: because I had access to a PIC programmer and I enjoyed making my own design. The addition of the (optional) stop button allows you to stop the sequence once you've successfully turned off the TV in question. This not only stop the blinking (optional) LED, but it saves power.
The fully-constructed device, mounted on its battery pack. Black is 'go' and red is 'stop'.
The fully-constructed device, mounted on its battery pack. Black is 'go' and red is 'stop'.
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Design notes: I forgot the 100uF cap in my original PCB layout, even after I assembled the thing. So its placement is a little odd. Also, I've never used Eagle before. I learned it just so I can share the schematic, so go easy on my schematic.
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Parts:

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Recommended list of parts:

  Ex. PART #          DESCRIPTION                          Price
  ------------- -------------------------------------      -------
  PIC24F08KA101 Microchip low-power MCU                    $2.94
  1-390261-6    20-position IC socket    (RECOMMENDED)     $0.23
  SR295E104MAR  0.10 uF, 20+V ceramic capacitor            $0.13
  (stock)       100 uF capacitor                           $0.11
  (stock)       160 Ohm resistor (x2)                      $0.08 x2
  MPSW01AG      NPN 1W transistor (x2)                     $0.40 x2
  751-1203-ND   IR LED (wide output)                       $0.55
  SFH 4511      IR LED (narrow output)                     $0.53
  FCR8.0MC5     8 MHz resonator                            $0.33
  BC22AAL       2-AA battery holder                        $0.71
  PTS645SL43    6mm SPST tact switch, black                $0.13
  PTS645SK43    6mm SPST tact switch, red   (OPTIONAL)     $0.13
  (stock)       100 Ohm resistor            (OPTIONAL)     $0.08
  LTL-307GE     LED (~2.1V forward bias)    (OPTIONAL)     $0.09
                                                           =======
                                                           $6.92
Specific part numbers are just examples. Other parts may work just as well. Prices are quoted from digikey.com and will be less expensive in larger quantities. (Prices are probably outdated by the time you read this, too, but they'll still provide a reference.)

Variant: This project was designed to run off of 3V (2-AA batteries) or 4.5V (3-AA batteries). 4.5V will offer increased power output, but I haven't tested it.
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PIC TV-B-Gone.zip
Full design, including example perfboard layout. (Updated 21 July 2010)
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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

One more 'pro' of the PIC is that they have very good internal oscillators. You could eliminate the 8 MHz resonator - the internal osc is good enough for consumer IR (and serial, and many other apps).

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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Good point. I hadn't looked closely enough, but the ATTiny85's default internal clock's accuracy is 90%. The PIC in question is 99% accurate at room temp (97% at extreme temps). The resonator is some 99.7% accurate. Either device will insert close to 1% error in the timer calculation on top of that.

How accurate does consumer IR need to be? I'll see about doing up a version of this without the resonator next.

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That is a difficult question to answer because every remote controlled gadget will have a different tolerance to carrier frequency error and data rate error.

I think as a general rule...

+/- 1% error = always works
+/- 5% error = some fail
+/- 10% error = many fail

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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Is posible port to 16f84?.In my city i cant buy another one.Thank you.

Kayvon
 
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I don't believe so. The 16F84 seems to have too little memory (only 1KB) .

Have you considered changing to the 16F88, which costs about half as much, has considerable more resources (enough to handle this), and seems to have made the 16F84 obsolete.

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Very nice!

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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I have build this,but it is not working,the TV is not turning off...I have try it on 4 tv's and no luck :(.Under camera the two IR diodes are flashing,and the LED is flashing,but it's not affective on TV.I live in europe,does mean anything?Sorry for my bad english :lol:

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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GaMeR wrote:I live in europe,does mean anything?
You need to modify the .h to use the euro codes instead of the NA codes. The PIC is smaller and can't fit the codes for both regions simultaneously.

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Kayvon wrote:
GaMeR wrote:I live in europe,does mean anything?
You need to modify the .h to use the euro codes instead of the NA codes. The PIC is smaller and can't fit the codes for both regions simultaneously.
Hmmm,i'm not sure that i can do that :?...Do you have the hex with the euro codes?Or someone else?

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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I do not, but comparing the attached file WORLDcodes.c with the official TV-B-Gone's WORLDcodes.c should be fairly straightforward. I've not taken the time to make a European version yet because I'd never be able to use/test it.

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Kayvon wrote:I do not, but comparing the attached file WORLDcodes.c with the official TV-B-Gone's WORLDcodes.c should be fairly straightforward. I've not taken the time to make a European version yet because I'd never be able to use/test it.
But can you make the hex with the european tv codes?I'm going to test it,and inform you...I don't know how to write the software for the pic,and make it as a HEX file. :(

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

Post by k-micaz »

Hi,
I'm french and I was searching for a TV-B-gone made with a PIC since a long time, so thanks you for it ;-)

Can you explain me what does we have to change in the program to run this TV-B-gone with EU codes ?

If I arrive to do this modification, I will made the layout and I'll post it here for the persons whose want to made it on a PCB ...

Thank you :wink:

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Simply compare the PIC .h file with the official .h file. The differences should be obvious, and the modifications require using EU codes instead of NA codes.

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Re: My PIC-based TV-B-Gone (design attached)

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Any possibility of getting the eagle schematic file of this design?

On another note, if the chip was upgraded to PIC24F16KA101, then it becomes possible to have both the European and NA codes, in their entirety. :)

And on a final note, I made the required changes to all of the code files, to support changing the code base from North American codes over to European codes. It is now as simple as commenting the very first line of main.h. :) Both firmware builds are included in the attached archive.
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PIC TV-B-Gone.zip
Required changes for European firmware, (which is included. :) )
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