Wishlist: IR LED (was Freq Range?)

2007-03-23 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Attila Csipa writes: > an infrared USB dongle would be probably simpler to hack. That is an interesting idea. In any project there seems to be some interesting low-hanging fruit that can be grabbed with little effort and cost. It just occurred to me that there the an IR remote controller might

Re: Wishlist: IR LED (was Freq Range?)

2007-03-23 Thread Alan Ide
This was actually my second thought. My initial thought was to simply use the sound port to produce an IR signal, but I have also thought about doing it exactly the way you mentioned based on the fact I would have to switch from sound to IR, which would just annoy me. However I wouldnt have any id

Re: Wishlist: IR LED (was Freq Range?)

2007-03-23 Thread michael
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Alan Ide wrote: .. Hell I would turn it into my tooth brush if I could. ROTFL You, sir, are a man after my own heart. I wonder how long the battery in the Neo would last in a toothbrush. On the other hand, I

Re: Wishlist: IR LED (was Freq Range?)

2007-03-23 Thread Edwin Lock
IR LED would be perfect! Just think, normal mobiles like my siemens can't access the IR hardware because java(on the siemens) doesn't allow it. Only symbians can access IR as far as I know.. It would be brilliant if I could use the openmoko as a remote for my hifi and my pc maybe, and for tv, anyt

Re: Wishlist: IR LED (was Freq Range?)

2007-03-23 Thread Ian Stirling
Edwin Lock wrote: IR LED would be perfect! Just think, normal mobiles like my siemens can't access the IR hardware because java(on the siemens) doesn't allow it. Only symbians can access IR as far as I know.. It would be brilliant if I could use the openmoko as a remote for my hifi and my pc m