Sony IR Remote Sensing

Bill Chennault

All--

I would love to make my skid-steer--whom my wife has now named BUSTER, of all things--able to interpret Sony remote control codes to do several things . . . perhaps eight, total. Will someone please give me some hints?

Thanks!

--Bill
ps I hereby add the given name of "Ugly" to the surname "Buster." Henceforth, the skid-steer will be referred to as "Ugly Buster." Bwaa, ha, ha, ha!

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Zoot

Andy Lindsay literally "wrote the book". It's not hard and it's *really* satisfying to power up, power down, change modes and drive your 'bot around with a TV remote... kids like it too.

PDF book -- www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/sic/WebIR-%20v1.1.pdf

Stamp code from above zipped up and ready to use -- www.parallax.com/dl/src/prod/IRRemoteCode-v1.1.zip

You can use IR leds (if you want to transmit) and the 3-lead IR detectors from Radio Shack if you're hot for instant results (use heat-shrink tubing around the LEDs); Parallax distributes IR sensors as well at their products pages, of course, as do Digi-Key, Jameco, Mouser, et al.

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Zoot

P.S. -- "Buster" was the name of David Heiserman's robot (TTL logic) in his first how-to book on hobby robotics. A seminal work for many youthful robotics experimenters in the mid 70s.

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Bill Chennault

zoot--

Hey! Thanks for the hints! Manual and code downloaded!

Buster was the name of one of my wife's old cats long ago. I always thought it was an ugly cat, hence, "Ugly Buster!"

--Bill

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