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Programs and scripts to display "inline" in Adafruit Learning System guides
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OWL IR TV remote - no IR receiver useage? #2281

Open l8gravely opened 2 years ago

l8gravely commented 2 years ago

So I love the OWL IR TV Remote project, it's very similiar to one I built years ago to sense when my TV gets turned on and to then send the power on/off signal to my sound bar so it also turns on. But I was confused that the parts list, soldering instructions, etc all include an IR Reciever, but there's nothing in the code.py which actually USES the IR receiver.

Which is either an oversight, or a money grab. :-) I think it's the first, but it would be nice if you added another button and the code to use the receiver to actually program the power_on and power_off arrays. That would make this project really cool!

BlitzCityDIY commented 2 years ago

hihi - i believe the thought from @djecken was that folks would use the IR receiver to decode their remotes, which is why it is included in the circuit diagram and guides are linked for code on decoding IR signals.