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From: mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mary Winters)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: IR remote controls
Summary: How do I do it?
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Date: 10 Apr 90 01:54:13 GMT
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>>That will only work if the remote uses somewhere near 40kHz for it's carrier 
>>frequency.  
>
>Very true.  Fortunately all the remotes I've tested do.  I think that this is
>fairly universal.

Now, the obvious followup question: How do I construct a simple 40kHz IR LED
flasher which I can turn on and off with a TTL signal (such as a parallel
output line from a computer)? Yes, I admit it, I'm a total novice WRT the
hardware aspects of electronics. If someone has a schematic for a working
carrier generator of this sort, I'd be very appreciative if you could send it
to me (in what format to send it is another good question, but I'll save that
one for later (-:)

Thanks!

-Yet Another Hardware Hacker WannaBe.


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