IR Control Kit Hookup Guide

Contributors: jimblom, bboyho

Resources and Going Further

Thanks for checking out our IR Control Kit hookup guide! If you're looking for more documents and resources related to the kit, check out some of these links:

• Datasheet
  • 950nm Infrared LED (PDF)
  • TSOP38238 IR Receiver Module (PDF)
• IRremote Library
  • Arduino Library GitHub Repository
  • Arduino Library Help Page
• GitHub Repo: SparkFun IR Control Kit
• SFE Product Showcase

If you're looking for general information on infrared communication check out our IR Communication tutorial, as well as SparkFun Engineer Chris Taylor's IR Project video:

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And there's also Jeff Branson, starring in an IR Communication video tutorial using our IR Emitter/Detector Pair:

Infrared Emitters and Detectors

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Side-looking Infrared Emitters and IR Detectors. These simple devices operate at 940nm and work well for generic IR systems i…

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Wish List

Now that you've discovered how easy it is to add infrared output or input to your project, what are you going to control with this extravisible, modulated light source? Need some inspiration? Check out some of these tutorials:

• LED Light Bar Hookup -- If you need some visible light in your life, these LED light bars are an especially bright way to get it
• Using the OpenSegment -- Along the lines of visible displays, the OpenSegment 4-digit 7-segment displays are an easy tool to add data displays to your project.
• Rebuilding the Illumitune -- Learn how we integrated IR into the Illumitune project we helped rebuild.
• Laser Limbo -- Build a "Laser" limbo using IR LEDs and IR Receivers!