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Latest ‘New Year’ release of AnalysIR with full support for USB IR Toy and more.

February 3, 2014AnalysIR Blog, Arduino, Crowdfunding & Backers, IR SourcesAnalysIR, Arduino, backer, Crowdfunding, Daewoo, Daikin, decoding, Denon, Dish, export, Global Caché, Helicopter, Hitachi, IGG, Import, Indiegogo, Infrared, IR signals, IRLib, IRremote, Japanese Code, JVC, Konka, LG, Microsoft RC6, modulation frequency, NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Pronto, Raspberry Pi, RC5, RC6, RCA, Recs80, RPi, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, SKY, SKY RC6, Sony, TI MSP430 LaunchPad, USB IR Toy, XSATUser Two

Dublin, Ireland – 31st January 2014. We are happy to announce the latest ‘New Year’ release of AnalysIR to all our backers & supporters. Since the completion of the crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo we have added over 125 updates and enhancements to AnalysIR, with more to come.

A major highlight of this release is full AnalysIR support for USB IR Toy from Dangerous Prototypes (V1 & V2 hardware) for decoding and resending IR signals at all common modulation frequencies. In our opinion, AnalysIR is now the premier GUI supporting DP’s IR toy, not to mention the Arduino, RPi, MSP430 F5529 LaunchPad (beta) and more. A selection of enhancements in this latest release, include: Continue reading Latest ‘New Year’ release of AnalysIR with full support for USB IR Toy and more. →

USB IR Toy – Infrared Carrier frequency review

January 10, 2014AnalysIR Blog, IR Sources30kHz, 33kHz, 36kHz, 38kHz, 40kHz, 455kHz, 56kHz, AnalysIR, Bang & Olufsen, Carrier freuency, Infrared, IR, oscilloscope, Remote control, USB IR ToyUser Two

Since introducing support into AnalysIR for the USB IR Toy we haven’t played too much with setting the different infrared carrier frequencies. After reading some mixed experiences on the Dangerous Prototypes forum we decided to put it to the test. So to start off we implemented a feature in AnalysIR to set the carrier frequency and to default to 38kHz at start up. Next we checked the mechanism described on the DP website about configuring the carrier frequency and everything seemed to work out OK. Continue reading USB IR Toy – Infrared Carrier frequency review →

Follow up: Custom TV infrared remote control using Arcade style console

December 5, 2013AnalysIR Blog, Arduino, ProjectsArduino, Infrared, IR, IRremote, LG, NEC, RC5, RC6, SKYUser Two

For anyone following the progress of our ‘Custom TV Infrared remote control’ for the SKY+ box, we received it back for some upgrading over the last week and tomorrow (weather permitting – there are lots of high winds in Europe today, with many flights being cancelled) it will be flown back to its owner, with several upgrades on board.

Custom SKY+ IR Remote control, by AnalysIR

Continue reading Follow up: Custom TV infrared remote control using Arcade style console →

Constant current infrared LED emitter circuit

November 22, 2013AnalysIR BlogAnalysIR, Arduino, circuit, constant current, diode, Infrared, IR, IRforum, IRLib, IRremote, NPN transistor, schematic, USB IR Toy, zenerUser Two

Recently, we have been asked several times about driver circuits for IR LEDs, particularly with good range and coverage. Most of us start off driving infrared leds directly from an Arduino or other MCU using a basic resistor in series with the LED connected to a digital output pin of the MCU.

IRsignaltraceRectifierDiodeIN4148 — An oscilloscope snalpshot showing a trace of Ve from the constant current circuit shown below.

Continue reading Constant current infrared LED emitter circuit →

Testing AnalysIR with a custom PCB

November 15, 2013AnalysIR Blog, ProjectsAnalysIR, Arduino, Infrared, IR, IR receiver, PCB, Prototyping, Raspberry Pi, RPi, TI MSP430 LaunchPad, USB IR ToyUser Two

Here are some photos we captured, of a sample of our MCU test rigs and custom PCB for AnalysIR.

AnalysIRtestrigs — A sample of our test rigs for AnalysIR

The photo above shows some of our test setup for Arduino, Raspberry Pi, TI MSP430 LaunchPad and the (big) baby of them all the USB IR Toy. The small red custom PCBs are ones we had made via Elecrow which worked out great. So instead of just using solderless breadboards we now plug these ‘half shields’ directly into the Arduino header, or in the case of the RPi using a ribbon cable. The USB IR Toy already has the IR receivers on board and doesn’t require this PCB.

We should also be able to hook up the LaunchPad to this board using headers. So once we receive the full set of headers, we ordered on-line, we will have all our test setups much neater and more reliable. Previously, we used solderless breadboards, as can be seen in the photo attached to the LaunchPad. Continue reading Testing AnalysIR with a custom PCB →

USB IR Toy – test release issued.

November 14, 2013AnalysIR Blog, Crowdfunding & Backers, IR SourcesAnalysIR, backer, Firmware, Raspberry Pi, Release, TI MSP430 LaunchPad, USB IR ToyUser Two

Today we issued a test release of AnalysIR, supporting V1 & V2 USB IR Toy loaded with firmware V22. If you have an IR Toy and want to test it out, leave a message with your email in the contact form at the top. Naturally, this is available only to backers with AnalysIR. You can support our project and get a copy of AnalysIR via the option at the top of this page.

Continue reading USB IR Toy – test release issued. →

AnalysIR integrated support for USB IR Toy

November 5, 2013AnalysIR Blog, IR Sources, ProjectsAnalysIR, Arduino, Dangerous Prototypes, decoding, Energia, Infrared, IR, joystick, LED, MSP-EXP430F5529LP, QSE159, Raspberry Pi, RPi, Seedstudio, TI Launchpad, TSOP34838, TV-B-Gone, USB IR ToyUser Two

Dangerous Protoypes — USB IR Toy V2 from Dangerous Prototypes (via Seedstudio)

We received a V2 USB IR Toy last week from Dangerous Prototypes via Seedstudio.
(See early access note for backers below)

After some initial teething problems we set about playing with this new device. Then we went about trying to integrate it into AnalysIR. We found that operating the IR Toy in ‘Sampling Mode’ worked best for our needs. There are several other modes available which are described on the website below. Continue reading AnalysIR integrated support for USB IR Toy →

Custom TV remote control using Arcade style console

October 24, 2013AnalysIR Blog, Projectsaccessibilty, AnalysIR, Arcade, Arduino, Arduino Nano, console, EEPROM, Infrared, IR, IRremote, joystick, LED, RC5, RC6, Remote control, Sega Megadrive, shield, SKY, SR1, STB, TV, VishayUser Two

Following on from our previous blog post about SKY+ RC6 IR codes, we have now completed the project and are about to ship to its new owner – a friend of ours.

We purchased a Sega megadrive Arcade style games console which was BNIB for €25 ($35) and disabled all of the built-in gaming functionality. We then wired up each of the 12 available switches (Joystick & Arcade style buttons) to the Arduino Nano which was placed onto an Arduino prototyping shield and mounted to the enclosure using ‘lots’ of hot glue. Note some of these consoles come with an additional 2 buttons, which can bring the total to 14. In addition, the joystick has 8 positions in total of which we used only 4 as it would be too difficult for the user to manage all eight. Continue reading Custom TV remote control using Arcade style console →

Crowdfunding Campaign Update – 23rd Oct 2013

October 23, 2013AnalysIR Blog, Crowdfunding & BackersAnalysIR, Arduino, backer, bi-phase, Crowdfunding, Daewoo, decoding, Denon, Halloween, Infrared, IRremote, Mac, OSX, RC5, RC6, Remote control, Saleae Logic, Samsung, Toshiba, Update, VirtualBox, VMUser Two

Hello Backers,

We have been busy over the last few weeks updating AnalysIR, for you. We hope to make the next release at the end of this month around Halloween.

You may not know that Halloween originated in our part of the world, but we promise not to introduce too many scary features this time 🙂 .

Our next release will include a number of Updates & fixes as follows: Continue reading Crowdfunding Campaign Update – 23rd Oct 2013 →

SKY+ IR remote codes

October 16, 2013AnalysIR Blog, ProjectsAnalysIR, Arduino, Global Caché, Infrared, IRLib, IRremote, LIRC, Pronto, Raspberry Pi, Remote control, TVUser Two

We are working on a project to create a custom TV remote to control a SKY+ satellite box, for a friend who cannot manage the standard remote control or even the accessibility ones that are available.

Continue reading SKY+ IR remote codes →