It is often required to switch electrical appliances from a distance without being a direct line of sight between the transmitter and receiver. As you may well know, an RF based wireless remote ...

RF Solutions has created a single-channel remote control problem-solver that can switch up to 1kW of mains load. Called RF Ferret, it has a 21 x 76mm footprint and uses change-over relay as an output.

With this circuit, a single transmitter and simple set of user pushbuttons can initiate one of four different outputs, two at each of two remote receivers with very different applications. The ...

As a learning experience [GeriBoss] put together an IR remote control receiver board for his PC. His want of volume control from across the room was reason enough to undertake the project, and he got ...

Now that we listen to MP3s, and watch XVIDs or x264s, a computer is the entertainment center in at least one room of most homes. Unless you have a special HTPC, though, you’re probably stuck using the ...

Recently, I picked up a cheap, two-channel RF remote control switch from eBay, and once I completed a demo project with it, I decided to do what I do with all of my electronics: take it apart! The ...