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DS Misc > Infrared light connect to power supply jack

#78058 - zzo38computer - Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:42 pm

I want to create a device to connect infrared LED to the audio out pin of the power supply jack, so that I can control TV/VCR/DVD with the Nintendo DS software.
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#78059 - MaHe - Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:53 pm

Err, so?

Well, for a start: that'll be a damn hard thing, since you'll have to convert digital data -> audio -> digital data -> IR ...

You'd be better off by modifying PassME, IMHO.
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#78076 - Darkflame - Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:46 am

Not sure actually, seems like an interesting experiment to me.

No idea if the voltages would be appropriate.
You'd have to do a lot of testing and experimentation before you could even think of writeing the software side.

#78082 - HyperHacker - Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:23 am

MaHe wrote:
Err, so?

Well, for a start: that'll be a damn hard thing, since you'll have to convert digital data -> audio -> digital data -> IR ...

You'd be better off by modifying PassME, IMHO.

Not necessarily. Most IR remotes use short pulses. Say you played a 200hz tone with an IR LED connected, then it'd be beaming 200hz IR pulses. Timing could be tricky though.

#78107 - RVK - Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:46 am

see here.

http://features.engadget.com/2004/07/27/how-to-turn-your-ipod-in-to-a-universal-infrared-remote-control/

It's for ipod but should work I would think.

#78109 - ssj4android - Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:51 am

Wouldn't it be easier to turn a GBC into a remote? Did people do that? Anyway, I hear GBC writable carts are almost impossible to find though.

#78231 - HyperHacker - Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:26 am

Yeah, they aren't common. There are a few GBC remote apps though.

#78266 - tssf - Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:36 am

This is a very interesting idea. Mostly skepticism from all, but I wish you luck, zzo38computer.
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#78300 - zzo38computer - Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:21 pm

I talked to someone who knows more about infrared, he said I need to create a circuit to modulate the output, so I might do that
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#78369 - ghazi - Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:48 am

If you have problems doing it that way, might using that Total Remote thing and setting up your app so that the DS is held upside down be a simpler solution?

Good luck, either way! I'm not knowledgeable enough to do that kind of stuff, but I'd totally love to make use of it. =)