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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: R/C Circuit needed
Message-ID: <556@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 90 20:14:35 GMT
References: <3162@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM>
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Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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In article <3162@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM>, jerryw@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM (Jerry Willard) writes:
> So, I need to duplicate the turn-on sequence of that IC.  Fortunately, I
> have the data sheet for the IC.  Unfortunately, it isn't clear what the
> bit-for-bit stream is for each function.  I've tried beaming the transmitter
> into a photo detector and studying the waveform on a scope: pretty jumbled.
> Still, it looks like deciphering the transmitter output is my best option.
> Any suggestions?

See the February 1987 Byte and the March-April 88 Circuit Cellar Ink.

These have the writeup in a universal remote control that Steve
Ciarcia and company did.  All you ever wanted to know about how to
read and memorize a remote control's data transmission.

markz@ssc.uucp