Controlling your Pi with an infrared remote
Conclusion
I have guided you through the steps of installing an IR receiver module and configuring it to use the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins. Although I only showed how to use a remote to control a media center and blink some LEDs, you are free to think of other ways to use a remote control with your Raspberry Pi: controlling a robot, controlling a pan-tilt camera mechanism and a remote camera trigger, to name just a few.
Now you can create something awesome with your own Raspberry Pi. After all, that's what Rasp Pi is for! (Just don't forget to tweet me a picture of the results (@shawaj2) and post it on the Raspberry Pi Geek Facebook page [9]).
Infos
- TSOP 4838 IR receiver: http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=4913190
- TSOP 38238 IR receiver: http://www.adafruit.com/products/157
- IR remote: https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi-accessories/rpi-xbmc-remote
- Another IR remote: http://www.adafruit.com/products/389
- LIRC: http://www.lirc.org
- Using SSH: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-6-using-ssh/
- Set SSH keys and disable password login: http://raspi.tv/2012/how-to-set-up-keys-and-disable-password-login-for-ssh-on-your-raspberry-pi
- Remote configuration Files: http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/
- Raspberry Pi Geek Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RasPiGeek
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