How to use an IR receiver and IR remote control without an Arduino?

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ElectroBoy7

Joined Dec 22, 2015
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Hello everyone!
I've been looking for information about the topic above and I haven't found nothing and I keep wondering how to do so and this is the project I have in mind:

I want to place a Stepper Motor close to my light's switch and create a circuit with an IR receiver and an IR remote control so when I press a button in the Remote control, the stepper motor rotates a determinate number of degrees to turn on the light and when I press another button it rotates a determinate number of degrees in the other direction to turn off the light. I know this is quite easy to achieve with an Arduino but can I do it with a circuit without using a IC?

Thanks in advance!
 

AnalogKid

Joined Aug 1, 2013
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ebay has remote controlled light switches, usually RF based. Or do you really want to build something from scratch? If so, them it will take a little circuitry, and a small power source to run it. Also, two buttons means a way to decode which one has been pressed, a more complex task than a single button that initiates a self-reversing system.

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mcgyvr

Joined Oct 15, 2009
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Why complicate it with a stepper motor? (adding complexity for stepper driver, precise number of steps, mechanical linkages,etc..)
Just get a remote controlled relay and splice the hot lead of the lamp into its contacts.. Or make a box that the lamp simply plugs right into if you don't want to splice into anything..
 
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ElectroBoy7

Joined Dec 22, 2015
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Why complicate it with a stepper motor? (adding complexity for stepper driver, precise number of steps, mechanical linkages,etc..)
Just get a remote controlled relay and splice the hot lead of the lamp into its contacts.. Or make a box that the lamp simply plugs right into if you don't want to splice into anything..
Thanks for your reply! Do you mean this: http://www.instructables.com/id/Remote-controlled-relay/ ?

This would be easier, and if you study the schematics (free online) you will see exactly how to make an IR remote without an arduino.

http://www.amazon.com/Velleman-MK16...1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

http://www.amazon.com/Velleman-MK16...1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
That's a really good piece of info! Thanks a lot :D
 
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