In this instructable i will show you how you can hack your TV remote and to make it work as per your desire!

Hope you like it.

Step 1: Watch the Video!

Step 2: Parts Required

1. Arduino UNO/NANO (or any other commpatible board)

2. IR reciever ( i used SM0038)

3.A TV remote

4. Breadboard

5.Connecting wires

7. LED

Download the IR Remote library for Arduino from here : https://www.mediafire.com/?9qxc9s0c47y94g9

****Steps to install the library*****

1.Extract the ZIP file

2.Copy the folder to the library folder of the arduino directory.

Its Done!

Make the circuit as shown on the bread board!

The next step is to identify the values which is associated with the remote button.

The basic idea is to upload the code and to check which output value from your remote control is given out when a button is pressed.

To check this simply upload the code to the Arduino ,

Open the serial monitor,

and press the button on the remote repeatedly.

NOTE: you will see many values because of the noise(or unwanted signals) from the environment which will interfere in the receptionof the signal.

so just ignore the other garbage values which is coming as result in the serial monitor

and look for that value which is repeated.

Now its time to configure your remote to make it work as per your desire!

Now when you have the values from the remote that you got from the previous step

just take those values and copy it in the code!

Yeah its done!

now you can control an LED( as i have done) or control your bot with remote!

The limits are just endless