If you’ve ever needed a short-range remote control for a project, [firestorm] is here to help you out. He put up a great tutorial on using an IR remote to do just about anything with everyone… ...

NTE30116 Tinted Blue 5mm Infrared LED Emitter (940nm) SM0038 Photo Module for PCM Remote Control System (38kHz) The principle of this setup is somewhat simple and self-explanatory. In this circuit, ...

An Arduino Nano running [Ken Shirriff’s] IR library is the brains of the operation. The IR signal timing is hard coded for simplicity.