Tag: IR
WL-SIQW high efficiency infrared light source
Würth Elektronik has complemented its infrared product range with the new WL-SIQW SMT Infrared QFN LED Waterclear product series. The LEDs in Quad Flat No Leads (QFN) format are available in 2720, 3535 and 3737 packages with different radiant intensities from 125 to 800 mW/sr and in...
Continue ReadingIntroducing tCam-Mini – An IR thermal camera board with ESP32 module
tCam-Mini is a small wireless streaming thermal imaging camera designed by Dan Julio to make it easy to get and use radiometric data from a Flir Lepton 3.5 sensor. Radiometric data includes the temperature of every pixel captured by the Lepton allowing all kinds of interesting...
Continue ReadingArduino Nano- Switching ON/OFF Appliances Using Infra-Red Remote (Two Channel)
The project presented here is a two-channel infrared remote ON/OFF switch that can be used to control home appliances, Lights, Fans, Water Pumps, Aquarium pumps, Ovens, Heaters, etc. This open-source project contains 2 x SSR (Solid State Relay), Arduino Nano, and TSOP1838 infrared...
Continue ReadingTinyDecoder – Cool IR Receiver and NEC Decoder with Arduino
Infrared has been around for a long while. It has proven to be reliable enough so that basically almost everything remote and short range, that came before home automation was cool enough to be considered a thing, and battled its place fairly with RF technologies, so it deserves some...
Continue ReadingBrushed DC Motor Controller Using Infra-Red Remote
This project enables the user to control a Brushed DC Motor using an Infra-Red Remote Control, thus controlling speed, direction, and also brake of DC Motor is possible. It’s an Arduino compatible open-source hardware that helps you develop many DC Motor control applications. The user...
Continue Reading8 Channel Infra-Red Remote-Control Arduino Shield Using ULN2803
This is an 8 channel infra-red remote-control Arduino shield that can drive 8 high current loads such as LEDs, solenoids, multiple toy DC Motors, dual unipolar stepper motor, filament lamps, etc. Each channel consists of two parallel NPN transistors with freewheel diodes which are...
Continue ReadingSimplified Contactless Thermometer reference design
Renesas’ reference design considers the thermometer’s range of operation, accuracy, power considerations, and display options. Renesas’ winning combination IR contactless thermometers are needed for medical applications to monitor an individual’s body temperature before...
Continue ReadingFree Elektor Article: Infrared Remote Controlled Dimmer
This IR remote controlled dimmer works with a triac and in its standard configuration is suitable for light electric heaters and incandescent lamps up to about 1000 watts. The PIC microcontroller used in the project can learn control codes from almost any remote control. Here’s power...
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