Infra Red PC control

- IR receiver (from Radioshack – REALLY IMPORTANT : this actually automatically demodulates the 38khz IR signals to nice 1/0 signals)

- Arduino

- LCD panel  – not really used yet, it only displays the code received from the remote

From Left to Right: USB cable, Arduino, LCD Panel, IR receiver and Led

Back of boards. The LCD Panel has a serial adapter on its back

Arduino

main.pde

 #define DEBUG 0				 //Serial connection must be started to debug

void setup() {
 Serial.begin(115200);

ir_setup();
 lcd_setup();
 }

void loop() {
 int key = getIRKey();		    //Fetch the key

if(DEBUG){
 Serial.print("Key: ");
 Serial.println(key);
 }

if(key >= 0){
 lcd_write(key);
 sendPC(key);
 }

delay(50);
 }

void sendPC(int cmd){
 Serial.print(getByte(cmd));
 }

byte getByte(int key){
 if(key == 752) return 1;
 if(key == 2800) return 2;
 if(key == 720) return 3;
 if(key == 3280) return 4;
 if(key == 2672) return 5;
 if(key == 144) return 6;
 if(key == 2192) return 7;
 if(key == 3536) return 8;

// 1..5 on the remote command DIGI PINS 8-12
 if(key == 16) return 12;
 if(key == 1168) return 15;
 if(key == 3216) return 16;
 if(key == 656) return 17;

return 249;
 }
 

ir.pde

 #define IR_PIN 7				//Sensor pin 1 wired through a 220 ohm resistor
 #define LED_PIN 6			    //"Ready to Recieve" flag, not needed but nice
 #define START_MIN 2200			//Start bit threshold (Microseconds)
 #define BIN_1 1000			    //Binary 1 threshold (Microseconds)
 #define BIN_0 400			     //Binary 0 threshold (Microseconds)
 #define SIZE 12
 #define PULSE_TIMEOUT 10000                // in microseconds

void ir_setup() {
 pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);		//This shows when we're ready to recieve
 pinMode(IR_PIN, INPUT);

digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);	    //not ready yet
 }

int getIRKey() {
 int data[SIZE];

int time = 0;
 while( pulseIn(IR_PIN, LOW, PULSE_TIMEOUT)  10){
 return -2;
 }

time++;
 }

digitalWrite(LED_PIN, HIGH);	   //Ok, i'm ready to recieve

for(int i=0; i<SIZE; i++){
 data[i] = pulseIn(IR_PIN, LOW, PULSE_TIMEOUT);	//Start measuring bits, I only want low pulses
 }

digitalWrite(LED_PIN, LOW);

for(int i=0;i BIN_1) {		  //is it a 1?
 data[i] = 1;
 }else{
 if(data[i] > BIN_0) {		//is it a 0?
 data[i] = 0;
 } else {
 data[i] = 2;			  //Flag the data as invalid; I don't know what it is!
 }
 }
 }

for(int i=0;i 1) {
 return -1;			     //Return -1 on invalid data
 }
 }

int result = 0;
 int seed = 1;
 for(int i=SIZE-1; i>=0; i--) {		  //Convert bits to integer
 if(data[i] == 1) {
 result += seed;
 }
 seed = seed * 2;
 }
 return result;			     //Return key number
 }
 

LCD.pde

 #include #define rxPin 4  // rxPin is immaterial - not used - just make this an unused Arduino pin number
 #define txPin 8 // pin 14 is analog pin 0, on a BBB just use a servo cable :), see Reference pinMode
 SoftwareSerial mySerial =  SoftwareSerial(rxPin, txPin);

void lcd_setup() {
 pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
 mySerial.begin(9600);      // 9600 baud is chip comm speed

//mySerial.print("?G216");   // set display geometry,  2 x 16 characters in this case
 //delay(100);                // pause to allow LCD EEPROM to program

mySerial.print("?B88");    // set backlight to ff hex, maximum brightness
 delay(100);                // pause to allow LCD EEPROM to program

mySerial.print("?s6");     // set tabs to six spaces
 delay(1000);               // pause to allow LCD EEPROM to program
 }

void lcd_write(int x) {
 /*
 mySerial.print("?B22");    // set backlight to ff hex, maximum brightness
 delay(100);
 mySerial.print("?B88");    // set backlight to ff hex, maximum brightness
 delay(100);
 */

mySerial.print("?f");
 mySerial.print("?x06");
 mySerial.print(x);
 }
 

Processing

IRcontrol.pde

 import processing.serial.*;public static int MOUSE_INCR = 10;

Serial myPort;      // The serial port
 Robot robot;
 int x=0;
 int y=0;
 float lastPress = 0;

void setup() {
 size(400, 300);

// List all the available serial ports:
 println(Serial.list());

String portName = Serial.list()[3];
 myPort = new Serial(this, portName, 115200);

try {
 robot = new Robot();
 }
 catch (AWTException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }
 }

void draw() {
 background(0);
 }

void serialEvent(Serial myPort) {
 int inByte = myPort.read();

println(inByte);

if(inByte <= 4){
 moveMouse(inByte);
 }else if(inByte == 5){
 pressMouse();
 }
 }

void moveMouse(int key){
 if(key == 1){
 y -= MOUSE_INCR;
 }else if(key == 2){
 y += MOUSE_INCR;
 }else if(key == 3){
 x -= MOUSE_INCR;
 }else if(key == 4){
 x += MOUSE_INCR;
 }

if(x < 0) x = 0;
 if(y  500){
 robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);
 robot.mouseRelease(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);

lastPress = millis();
 }
 }