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Infrared Remote Control for PCs

using the RC5 code

Infrared Remote Control for PCs
Using this infrared receiver with your PC will let you control your favourite programs using a readily-available RC5 transmitter: useful if your PC has a suitable video card and you use it as a television, or if you want to use Winamp, for example, to play MP3 files through your hi-fi.If you want to install a PC in your living room as a television or as part of your hi-fi setup, a remote control is practically indispensable. Who wants the trouble of going to the PC’s keyboard to adjust the volume or change channels? Unfortunately, PCs do not offer built-in infrared receivers compatible with ordinary transmitters. And so we must make the necessary hard- and software ourselves.There are several steps involved in getting a PC to react to the pulses of infrared sent out by the transmitter. Hardware is required to receive the pulses and process them into a form suitable for input to a microcontroller, where, according to how the user has programmed it, they can be translated into a different format.
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Gerber file



Component list
R1,R2 = 1kOhm
R3 = 10kOhm
C1 = 100nF
C2 = 10µ F 16V radial
D1,D2,D5,D6 = 1N4148
D3 = LED, red, high efficiency
D4 = LED, green, high efficiency
IC1 = TSOP1736 (Conrad Electronics #171069) or SFH5110 (C-I Electronics #01.00.5110.36)
IC2 = AT90S2313, programmed, order code 000170-41
S1 = pushbutton, 1 make contact
K1,K2 = 6-way mini DIN-socket, PCB mount
X1 = Resonator, 4MHz, 3 connections
PCB, order code 000170-1
Disk, project software, order code 000170-11
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