Hi, I'm new to this forum and was wondering if you could help me with a problem I've got...
I want to use my Android phone as an Infrared transmitter and receiver to control my TV. The idea came to me when I was lying in bed and my TV remote was on the other side of the bedroom, I thought this would be a great and simple little application to create. I went to Google how to create the infrared transmitter and receiver for an Aux port, and it seemed simple enough. I know there are apps on the Market for this already, but I wish to create my own both because I want it to do what I want, and my University final year project is coming up and I think this will be a great and somewhat unique project to undertake. Im studying Computer Science so the programming side shouldnt be a problem, but what I thought would be a simple soldering session has definitely proven to be.
I've now spent days Google'ing the problem in aid for a solution with no success, and as a result Im turning to you guys in the hope that you could enlighten me on what ridiculously fundamental mistake Ive made.
The theory behind my project is that you solder IR bulbs to 3 or 4 pole 3.5mm AUX ports, record the IR light as a sound, and then playback the sound as IR light. This has been done, and Im not so sure as to why I cant get it working.
Ive tried using the phone as the recorder and the transmitter, but the light always seems too weak, and I was also worried that it made be cutting off the higher frequencies when it records. To overcome this I recorded the light-sounds as .wav files to my laptop using Audacity & SoundForge in hope that the sounds wouldnt be compressed, but when playing back the light-sounds it still doesnt work.
What I have noticed is that when looking at the brightness of the light being emitted from both the phone and the laptop, is that it was very weak (I tested this using a digital camera) in comparison to the remote control that I was recording from.
Ive tried many different ideas, including searching this forum to see if there were any ideas, but I couldnt find the information here either.
I dont wish to keep going on for the sake of your sanity, but if you have any questions on what I have tried, or require any links to what I have read, please ask I hope my late night ramblings havent made you give up, and I will be very grateful for any help you can offer.
Thanks for your time, B.
I want to use my Android phone as an Infrared transmitter and receiver to control my TV. The idea came to me when I was lying in bed and my TV remote was on the other side of the bedroom, I thought this would be a great and simple little application to create. I went to Google how to create the infrared transmitter and receiver for an Aux port, and it seemed simple enough. I know there are apps on the Market for this already, but I wish to create my own both because I want it to do what I want, and my University final year project is coming up and I think this will be a great and somewhat unique project to undertake. Im studying Computer Science so the programming side shouldnt be a problem, but what I thought would be a simple soldering session has definitely proven to be.
I've now spent days Google'ing the problem in aid for a solution with no success, and as a result Im turning to you guys in the hope that you could enlighten me on what ridiculously fundamental mistake Ive made.
The theory behind my project is that you solder IR bulbs to 3 or 4 pole 3.5mm AUX ports, record the IR light as a sound, and then playback the sound as IR light. This has been done, and Im not so sure as to why I cant get it working.
Ive tried using the phone as the recorder and the transmitter, but the light always seems too weak, and I was also worried that it made be cutting off the higher frequencies when it records. To overcome this I recorded the light-sounds as .wav files to my laptop using Audacity & SoundForge in hope that the sounds wouldnt be compressed, but when playing back the light-sounds it still doesnt work.
What I have noticed is that when looking at the brightness of the light being emitted from both the phone and the laptop, is that it was very weak (I tested this using a digital camera) in comparison to the remote control that I was recording from.
Ive tried many different ideas, including searching this forum to see if there were any ideas, but I couldnt find the information here either.
I dont wish to keep going on for the sake of your sanity, but if you have any questions on what I have tried, or require any links to what I have read, please ask I hope my late night ramblings havent made you give up, and I will be very grateful for any help you can offer.
Thanks for your time, B.