<p dir="ltr">If you had a recent android phone. <br>
Then there is an app to be a tv video dvd remote control. ...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did I mention I like android 😊</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Jun 2015 22:22, "Richard Morgan" <<a href="mailto:richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk">richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>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.<br><br>I would be interested in using this.<br><br>Thanks Gerrit</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 at 17:07 Emyr Morris <<a href="mailto:em@preseli.com" target="_blank">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">great project! Love it<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 June 2015 at 16:58, Gerrit Niezen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerrit.niezen@gmail.com" target="_blank">gerrit.niezen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>The problem</b></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Existing solutions</b></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div><b>My suggested solution</b></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Possible improvements</b></div><div>- LEDs inside buttons that light up when they can be used (that is, <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161666687066" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161666687066</a>). 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.</div><div>- 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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>What I've done so far</b></div><div>- Got the infrared diode and receiver working on an Arduino</div><div>- Recorded infrared signals from my three different remotes and successfully sent them again</div><div>- Cut some bamboo to see if the shape will work</div><div>- Drew some crude pictures of what it will look like (attached)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Next steps</b></div><div>- Is anyone at Swansea Hackspace interested in helping me develop this further?</div><div>- Would anyone be interested in buying one of these if we make more than one?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Gerrit</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_ib3smt0m0_14e0c84f32c3ed65" height="298" width="544"></div><div><img src="cid:ii_ib3sn5ny1_14e0c85335394e7a" style="margin-right:0px" height="217" width="114"><br><br><br></div></div>
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