Making your own infrared (IR) sniffer is not only rewarding but also amazingly simple. I’m talking about an IR decoder/encoder that primarily decodes the invisible data transmitting from an IR remote ...

In today’s modern world, we find a wide range of appliances managed by handheld remote controls, whose decoder function historically has often been provided by a dedicated chip. However, given the ...

Even though some devices now use WiFi and Bluetooth, so much of our home entertainment equipment still relies on its own proprietary infrared remote control. By and large (when you can find them ...