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- From: fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu (Fred W. Culpepper)
- Subject: Re: Infrared Remote Controls
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.045006.25731@norfolk.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Norfolk)
- References: <j-n2hap@rpi.edu>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 04:50:06 GMT
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- John,
-
- Thanks for your article. I have wanted to try to make
- some use of the Radio Shack tin box for some time, but hadn't
- spent the time to look for signals generated by the remote
- control "boxes" which are available.
-
- My application is to use the old Apple II+ and its game
- port with three TTL compatible inputs as the processor for
- signals from the infrared detector. This sounds ideal for my
- purposes. The same game port has four TTL compatible outputs
- which with proper circuitry can be used to drive up to three
- stepper motors simultaneously. This can then give me 3-axis
- control over any robotic gimmick that I care to construct. A
- simple Basic program can convert the information from the
- detector into the desired stepper motion.
-
- That was a beautiful piece of deduction that you
- performed in arriving at the information you have posted. Thank
- you for sharing your information with others.
-
- Fred W. Culpepper, Eminent Professor
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (Retired)
- fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu
-
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