This nifty little gadget can help solve one of the most annoying TV remote problems, and it even lets you hide boxes behind ...

[Peter]’s folks’ cable company is terrible – such a surprise for a cable TV provider – and the digital part of their cable subscription will only work with the company’s cable boxes. The cable company ...

Using this circuit, audio musical notes can be generated and heard up to a distance of 10 metres. The circuit can be divided into two parts: IR music transmitter and receiver. The IR music transmitter ...

With a very simple bit of workshoppery, and a $5 companion app from the App Store, you can turn you iPhone or iPod Touch into an infrared remote for your Canon SLR camera. It works like this. The DSLR ...

If you’re looking for “smart” home appliances, there’s no shortage of options on the market. Even relatively low-end gadgets are jumping on the Internet of Things bandwagon these days (for better or ...

Most of the IR remotes work reliably within a range of 5 metres. The circuit complexity increases if you design the IR transmitter for reliable operation over a longer range, say, 10 metres. To double ...