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Nicholas_N
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Control an LED with the Remote Control

Receive the signal and control an LED.

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Control an LED with the Remote Control

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
×1
Infrared Receiver
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Code

Project code

Arduino
#include <IRremote.h>


const int receiver = 11; 
const int led = 9;

IRrecv ir_receiver(receiver);           
decode_results results;          

void setup()   
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  ir_receiver.enableIRIn(); 
  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);  
}


void loop() 
{
  if (ir_receiver.decode(&results))

  {
    Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
    translateIR(); 
    ir_receiver.resume(); 
    delay(200); 
  } 
  
}

void translateIR() 

{
  int sensorValue=0;
  sensorValue = digitalRead(led);
  
  switch(results.value){

  case 0x20DF10EF:
    if (sensorValue==0){
      
      Serial.println(" ON "); 
      digitalWrite(led, HIGH); 
      break;
    }
    if (sensorValue==1){
      
      Serial.println(" OFF "); 
      digitalWrite(led, LOW); 
      break;
    }
    
    case 0x20DFD02F:
    if (sensorValue==0){
      Serial.println(" BLINK ");
      for(int i=1;i<5;i++){
      digitalWrite(led, HIGH);
      delay(500);
      digitalWrite(led, LOW);
      delay(500);
      }
      break;
  }
  default: 
    Serial.println(" other button   ");
  }
}

Infrared Receiver Code

Arduino
#include <IRremote.h>

const int receiver=11;

IRrecv ir_receiver(receiver);
decode_results results;

void setup() {
 Serial.begin(9600);
 ir_receiver.enableIRIn();
}

void dump(const decode_results* results) {
  const int protocol=results->decode_type;
  Serial.print("Protocol: ");
  if (protocol==UNKNOWN){
    Serial.println("not recognized.");
    } 
    else{
      if(protocol==NEC){
        Serial.println("NEC");
        }
      else if(protocol==SONY){
        Serial.println("SONY");
        }
      else if(protocol==RC5){
        Serial.println("RC5");
        } else if(protocol==RC6){
            Serial.println("RC6");
            }
Serial.print("Value: ");
Serial.print(results->value, HEX);
Serial.print("(");
Serial.print(results->bits, DEC);
Serial.print(" bits)");
}
}

void loop() {
 if(ir_receiver.decode(&results)) {
   dump(&results);
   ir_receiver.resume();
   }
}

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Nicholas_N
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