System and method for infrared dongle

摘要

A method of controlling consumer devices using an infrared dongle coupled to a mobile device includes receiving power for the infrared dongle from the mobile device. The infrared dongle includes an infrared transmitter coupled to a microcontroller. One or more instructions are received in the microcontroller from the mobile device. The received one or more instructions are generated from codes stored in a memory of the mobile device. In response to the receiving, one or more infrared signals are transmitted via the infrared transmitter to at least one of the consumer devices.

主权项

1. An infrared dongle for communicating with one or more consumer devices, the infrared dongle comprising:
an infrared transmitter to transmit one or more infrared signals to the one or more consumer devices; and a microcontroller coupled to the infrared transmitter to control operation of the infrared transmitter, the microcontroller being in communication with an application installed on a mobile device such that the microcontroller receives one or more instructions from the mobile device, the received one or more instructions being generated from codes stored in a memory of the mobile device, and wherein receiving the one or more instructions includes detection using an edge detector,
wherein the received one or more instructions include data that is pre-filtered using the mobile device, wherein in response to the microcontroller receiving the one or more instructions from the mobile device, the microcontroller causes the infrared transmitter to transmit the one or more infrared signals to the one or more consumer devices.