I made this Arduino project that allows to turn ON and OFF LEDs using a cheap IR remote control as a preparation for the next big step: disassemble my girlfriend’s chinese LED lamp and replace its ...

If you’ve ever needed a short-range remote control for a project, [firestorm] is here to help you out. He put up a great tutorial on using an IR remote to do just about anything with everyone… ...

For instance, you could move the IR LED to a pin on a ‘595 shift register, and still have the same abstraction. You couldn’t do that with the I/O pin library, or whatever Arduino uses. Report ...