At 3:44 AM -0600 11/5/05, Robert Denier wrote:
Something like one of national instruments digital I/O boards would likely be simple enough to program to do it, but then it is cheaper to buy the my blaster. Similarly you could develop something similar to the myblaster, but then it is again easier just to buy the MyBlaster product since the time involved, for me to do it anyway, would not be trivial.. This might be something to think of if I ever get back to working on figuring out USB chips with microcontrollers.. If nothing else it would be a good learning project..
I've worked with PIC microchips in the past. If I had time, I would work on such a device now, but unfortunately I don't. By the way, instead of having the microcontroller only understand a preset list of IR codes, which is the way the MyBlaster works, I would make it software configurable. Even a regular serial port is fast enough for this method; you don't have to use USB.
Please let the list know how the MyBlaster works, when you get it. If it does, I may get one and hack it to use the opto interface I'm using now with my Dish receivers. That way I don't have to worry about interference, since it's wired link to the receiver.
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