Thread: [Announce] Pierogi - a universal infrared remote control app
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2014-11-23 , 13:06
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Originally Posted by sowwhatyoureap View Post
Would be cool with a >1W IR transmitter, but I guess a transmitter much more powerful than the one in N900 would probably not even be legal in most countries (?).
Actually, I don't think that would be a problem. RF frequencies are regulated by governments because devices using them can so easily interfere with one another, but consumer IR is just using light waves; so long as you don't turn your device into a portable heat lamp, I doubt anybody would care how bright an IR flashlight gets.

Ah cool, yeah I hope it makes it in. Being able to have IR tx/rx on a mobile/tablet device is such a rare thing, strangely enough.
Eh, it's just that IR is not the current fad any more. Well, actually, it is coming back now -- all the high-end Android phones now have CIR ports. I would imagine that as security becomes more of an issue, shorter-range and more controllable broadcast technologies like IR will be making more of a general comeback again as well...

Thanks for testing! I'll start on my hunt for the TV and composite buttons.
 

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