Back in the day when you had to wind up your TV to watch it, licensed broadcasters were required to log transmitter meter readings every half hour, and only an FCC-licensed engineer could do it. Today ...

For today's how-to we spent some time rummaging around in our parts box to build a serial IR remote interface for our PC. We took a few pieces from various designs to come up our own, built ...

Vishay Intertechnology is broadening its optoelectronics portfolio with a new device integrating a Remote Control receiver and an IrDA transceiver into a single, 3-lens, surface-mount package for the ...

Palo Alto, C.A. Agilent Technologies, Inc. introduced the industry's smallest, lowest-power infrared (IR) transceiver that enables mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to function as ...

The CC2530 from Texas Instruments is an 802.15.4 radio on a chip along with an 8051-compatible MCU and appropriate interfaces that should find its way into a variety of wireless applications. Recall ...

Available in its next-generation Hummingbird platform, Linx Technologies offers the HumRC transceiver for bidirectional remote control and sensor applications. According to the company, it’s the ...