Micro question - IR LED

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killa-x
 
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Micro question - IR LED

Post by killa-x »

I've try'ed circuits that are super easy, like the 9V IR LED-LED. so when u flash a TV remote near it, it blinks. Now i was told its not the blink rate, but its data being sent.

2 questions:

1: Is it possible just to hook it to my micro, and notice different blink rates on each button on my TV remote? I have a LCD suing Bascom, and im able to do inputs like showing buttons on/off and stuff. so i would get the Blink rate shown on the LCD, and make a if blink= 50 then _____

IF it still sends bits to my Micro... How could i get these bits? like know what it's sending?

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Post by pwnz32 »

To figure out what it is sending would be somewhat hard. You need some way to record the flashes and figure out what it means (its probaly in binary)

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