[Swansea Hackspace] Minimal and bespoke TV remote control

[Ceri Clatworthy]

If you had a recent android phone.
Then  there is an app to be a tv video dvd remote control. ...

Did I mention I like android 😊
On 19 Jun 2015 22:22, "Richard Morgan" <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
wrote:

> A family member is elderly and struggles with the need to use the TV
> REMOTE to change the source and then the SKY REMOTE to manage the channels
> - having a single remote covering all her needs would be great.
>
> I would be interested in using this.
>
> Thanks Gerrit
>
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 at 17:07 Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com> wrote:
>
>> great project! Love it
>>
>> On 19 June 2015 at 16:58, Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> *The problem*
>>> I have three different remote controls that I use to control my TV, Tivo
>>> and NowTV, and I only use a few buttons on each one of these remotes. What
>>> I would like is a minimal, customisable remote control that can replace the
>>> other three for most tasks.
>>>
>>> *Existing solutions*
>>> Universal remotes are cheap but mostly crap and have too many buttons.
>>> The Logitech Harmony remotes seem the easiest to use, but they're in the
>>> £100 range and still have a lot of buttons.
>>>
>>> *My suggested solution*
>>> An open-source hardware remote where you can customise the buttons
>>> depending on your needs, for example by milling your own based on a button
>>> template. The remote should be easy to program, by pointing existing
>>> remotes at infrared receiver on the custom remote.
>>>
>>> *Possible improvements*
>>> - LEDs inside buttons that light up when they can be used (that is,
>>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161666687066). For example, if I'm in TV
>>> mode, the "back" button isn't going to work, but the up/down buttons should
>>> light up so that I can change channels.
>>> - Using bamboo for the enclosure - a piece of 50cm-wide bamboo can be
>>> halved to make a semi-circular shape that fits in your hand.
>>>
>>> *What I've done so far*
>>> - Got the infrared diode and receiver working on an Arduino
>>> - Recorded infrared signals from my three different remotes and
>>> successfully sent them again
>>> - Cut some bamboo to see if the shape will work
>>> - Drew some crude pictures of what it will look like (attached)
>>>
>>> *Next steps*
>>> - Is anyone at Swansea Hackspace interested in helping me develop this
>>> further?
>>> - Would anyone be interested in buying one of these if we make more than
>>> one?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Gerrit
>>>
>>>
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