Take an AM radio and tune it to an unused channel. Inbetween bands. While listening to static, point the remote at the AM antenna or somewhere close to the radio, and press a button on the remote. You ...

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 ...

Even though some devices now use WiFi and Bluetooth, so much of our home entertainment equipment still relies on its own proprietary infrared remote control. By and large (when you can find them) they ...