Control your Arduino with a remote

Wondering about how to control anything in your house with a simple remote control? It's pretty simple and cheap.

Step 1 Collect stuff

Here is what you will need:

- Arduino (I use UNO)
- Solderless breadboard
- An infrared receiver
- Solderless wires
- Any kind of remote control

Comments

[the seaker]

Okay so i have a problem. I have already been able to get the ir codes from the remote that i wish to us but it will send something like this:
4035
4035
4035
4035
4035
2553
2553
2553
so the code is actually being send 5 times then another 3 are the end code. but sometimes if i press the button again the first number will either send 4 or 6 times. im not sure how to filter out the codes because if i just look for say 4035 it will repeat 4 to 6 times... um please if any one has an idea please help

[roachburn]

How would i use the case function to turn on an led. What I want to do is have the led turn High as long as I hold the button and go low when I release. The problem though is that there are 2 codes for every button on my remote. I press it once and it gives 458. then if I press it again it gives 10458. If I hold the button down It spams the one code and If i release then hold it down again it spams the other code.
thanks

[pikmin205]

I've been receiving error codes saying "error: 'EE008FC9' was not declared in this scope", how do i fix this? (BTW, EE008FC9 is a remote key code)

[phorvath92]

put it in decimal :)

[pikmin205]

new error: `.' cannot appear in a constant-expression

[pikmin205]

nvm fixed that now its expected ';' before break

[Bot1398]

Is that the original arduino UNO

[phorvath92]

No, probably it is not. But it is fully functional as well as the original.

[Bot1398]

I thought of it cause the power light in the original UNO is green and not blue

[roachburn]

How come i get two different codes for each button. For example I press 1 on the remote I get 1025 then if i press it again i get 66561. If i hold it down it just repeats the same number. Every button does this.

[oldsmarracin]

i am having problems with the IRremote everytime i goto compile it i get errors lots of em

[phorvath92]

What errors does it write?

[oldsmarracin]

nevermind i fixed it
i had to add #include IRremoteint.h
and change the #include WProgram.h inside the IRremoteint.h to #include Arduino.h

[diy_bloke]

IDE 1.0? :-)

[oldsmarracin]

O.o?

[oldsmarracin]

hi im sorry to bother you again but i was wondering if it is possible to block a certain value from being wrote to the serial

F7708F
F7708F
FFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFF
F7708F
F7708F
F7708F
F7708F
F7708F
FFFFFFFF
F748B7
FFFFFFFF
F748B7
F748B7
FFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFF
i want to block the F's

[phorvath92]

It is not neccessary but if it disturbs you simply write an if statement to filter the F-s.

[oldsmarracin]

i am a little new to arduino and i was using this with winlirc and the config was picking up the F's

[phorvath92]

I really don't know winlirc so sorry i don't have an idea :S

[oldsmarracin]

its good i just need to block the FFFFFFFF string cause its picking it up as a remote code causing false readings. could you help with that part cause i have tried and failed

[phorvath92]

Insert this:

if(results.value != 4294967295){
Serial.println(results.value, DEC);
}

4294967295 is the decimal value for FFFFFFFF

The F-s won't be shown ;) enjoy

Patrik

[oldsmarracin]

Awesome now to figure the rest on my own lol
i didnt think bout inverting the line

[LexanPanda]

Which IR receiver did you use?

[phorvath92]

I don't know the type because I soldered it out maybe from an old dvd player but I'm not sure. I think it works on 38kHz.

[Computothought]

Cool.