This is a very simple lesson I've done in Rome during the Arduino day on March 29th, 2014. You can go through my presentation, talking about the cultural, historical and social value of the IR power and protocols. The practical part It setups basic circuit for tseting one of the most common examples of the IRremote library by Ken Shirrif letting Arduino sniff a button and reproduce it by itself. The Cover of this lesson is an italian comic I've been reading in my teenage. It's called “X Zone” (Zona X, in italian) and is a side publication of “Martin Mystére, the Impossible's Detective”. The comic book has been written by Alfredo Castelli and drawn by Giancarlo Alessandrini, edited in italy by Sergio Bonelli. The link to the publication is not just a title matching my presentation but means a lot to me: most of the concepts, metaphors and ideas I've faced by reading this comic book are present in my daily thoughts today.

1. Il potere del Telecomando
The power of the Remote
Davide Gomba, @vongomben
Arduino DAY 2014, Rome,
#arduinod14
This is a very simple lesson I've done in Rome during
the Arduino day on March 29th, 2014. The Cover of
this lesson is an italian comic I've been reading in my
teenage. It's called “X Zone” (Zona X, in italian) and is
a side publication of “Martin Mystére, the Impossible's
Detective”. The comic book has been written by Alfredo
Castelli and drawn by Giancarlo Alessandrini, edited in
italy by Sergio Bonelli. The link to the publication is not
just a title matching my presentation but means a lot to
me: most of the concepts, metaphors and ideas I've
faced by reading this comic book are present in my
daily thoughts today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mystère
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_X

2. Television Remotes
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Remote_controls.JPG

3. Source: http://funny-lists.com/Toys/Kids%20Toys/Non%20RC%20Toys/78%20Laser%20Gun/78-Laser-Gun-a.jpg
Ludic Uses

4. Robert Adler + Eugene Polley, Zenith, 1956

5. TV-B-Gone https://cornfieldelectronics.com/tvbgone/tvbg.home.php

6. Wave Bubble – Limor Fried Thesis

7. http://phys.org/news/2013-01-near-infrared-glasses-thwart-recognition.html
Privacy Visor

8. http://ahprojects.com/projects/camoflash/
Anti-Paparazzi

9. IR LED normally emits at 940 nanometers, invisible to the human eye

10. “In the 1980s Steve Wozniak of Apple started a company named CL 9. The purpose of this
company was to create a remote control that could operate multiple electronic devices. The
CORE unit (Controller Of Remote Equipment) was introduced in the fall of 1987. The
advantage to this remote controller was that it could “learn” remote signals from different
devices. It had the ability to perform specific or multiple functions at various times with its
built-in clock. It was the first remote control that could be linked to a computer and loaded
with updated software code as needed.”
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control
We are going to do it, Woz!
Listen and Reproduce some device protocol's

11. Ken Shirrif – Irremote Library
http://www.righto.com/2009/08/multi-protocol-infrared-remote-library.html

12. https://github.com/shirriff/Arduino-IRremote

13. Source: http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/ir/index.php
How Does IR communication work (1)

14. Source: http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/ir/index.php
How Does IR communication work (2), RC-5 example

16. Open the very basic example of the library

17. Links:
http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/ir/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/remote-control2.htm