Re: Re-using IR Decoder Chip

[Just Another Joe <address@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:55:43 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
wrote in message <458ed001.730066593@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Just Another Joe <address@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Now to the meat of the question:  could the IR decoder chip in the VCR
> >be used for this purpose, to provide some already-decoded information to
> >a serial port (or a pin) on roZetta?  Given the make and model of the
> >VCR, is there a way I could find out what IR decoder chip it uses and
> >then find a spec. sheet on that chip?  Is this a workable idea?
>
> No!

Okay then, how about a purchased IR decoder chip, for example for a NEC
protocol?  They should be fairly cheap.  That should ease the load on
the cpu.

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