Jed <[email protected]> writes: > > > > Does anyone know of any OSS supported devices that do have IR integrated? > > > > Psion 5, 5mx, Ericsson mc218. Slow cpu, limited memory, monochrome and old > > kernel, but excellent battery life on a pair of AAs. Probably not the form > > factor you're after though. > > Interesting idea thanks, perhaps a tad too old though as you say. > Form-factor would be closer to a standard remote but with an LCD, > ideally touch-screen but not imperative. > > > Neuros OSD - for a low power consumption ethernet to IR gateway > > and standard def media player. Again probably not what you're > > after. > > yeah really looking for hand-held device but thanks!
Hah :) Using the Neuros OSD as an ethernet->IR gateway is actually an interesting idea, and one that I've had before myself: it would be really neat to use something like a FreeRunner as a TV remote with a built-in real-time channel-guide, i.e.: one could get a listing of all of the TV shows airing at present (or in the upcoming hour), and just *tap the show's title* on the screen to select it. My own initial idea was, of course, to just find a handheld device with inbuilt IR functionality, but then not only did I see that there was the issue of finding something with `inbuilt IR' functionality at all, but that the meaning of "IR" actually varied (computing devices support IRDA; TVs and other such devices use different protocols, and it appeared that an IRDA device may not be able to support any of the non-IRDA protocols). Also, prior to the FreeRunner, I found it difficult to justify to myself the idea spending $500 or more on a more functionally-limited device like an iPaq or something that would probably just end up being a $500+ TV remote control. But then I got an OSD and realised that it came with a IR dongle and that I could use it as a gateway, which made the problem easier. One of the interesting things about the IR functionality of the OSD, though, is that it doesn't appear to be built-in to the OSD per se--the IR transmitter is a small device that just connects to the OSD's serial port. I believe that there are universal `consumer electronics'-type IR transceivers (UIRT) currently on the market that function as USB devices, and some of them are even quite cheap--in the worst case, this might be a less-invasive option: to simply plug one of these into a FreeRunner's USB port. -- Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
