E_Block IR receiver

NETMF & Gadgeteer
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I am trying to set up a program for reading codes sent from a SONY remote control. I am looking at 38Khz-infrared-receiver_example.cs as a starting point. First problem I ran into is FEZ_Components.EasyRemote myRemote = new FEZ_Components.EasyRemote(FEZ_Pin.Interrupt.An1); On my Panda II FEZ Connect, I do not have an An1, but I can change that to An2. But, where do I find the FEZ_Components Stuff? And what are the “Button” A, B, C, and D? I am not sure what this example program is going to be doing.

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Yes, you can use An2. FEZ_Components is just the namespace. The sample program is written to use a simple 4 button remote, not a sony multi device remote. Give me some time to dig around in my code after work today - I wrote an app to control some stuff using the sony protocol last year. I wasn’t using the IR eBlock but the receivers are all roughly the same.

[edit] you’re in luck, I have the code with me on my laptop. Stand by for an upload to the code site. Looks like I was not the original author… found the Sony remote driver on the web somewhere…

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Thanks, ransomall. What I will be doing is simulating a robot, meaning, I am going to purchase a couple of servo motors from Parallax, plus the wheels, and maybe an encoder. Not sure how I would read the encoder from the shield though. With my SONY remote I will want to start and stop the servos have, an LED turn on when the servos are running and that sort of thing. Then eventually I might put together a frame to hold the servos, and have it roll around on the floor. My Panda II has been collecting dust for to long.

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The sweet part about this driver is, everybody has a remote that uses the Sony protocol lying around. There are more buttons than you could possibly map to functions on a Panda 8)

[edit] have at it. http://www.tinyclr.com/forum/23/6276

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Not sure if this is whining, I get a red squiggly line under Remote, and Sony. Do you recall what reference those are in, I thought I tried the usual suspects?

Thanks

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Update your namespaces! Those are the classes you should have just pasted.