Easiest/Best Infrared Protocal?

I am thinking about adding an IR remote to a project I am working on, and I was curious on your thoughts about the easiest/best IR protocal to integrate using PBP. Philips RC5, Sony, other?

I have been messing with coding for some TV remotes I have in my house with pretty good results. Since I am thinking about getting a custom remote made I'd like to choose a protocal with the least overhead.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Spend some time reading all the infrared docs on www.vishay.com. There's alot of good info there with theory on different transmission formats.

In the end, it probably matters more what receiver you intend to use as each design is optimized for different modulation schemes and data rates. Study the datasheets for a few IR receiver modules (Vishay, Sharp, Panasonic, etc).

Also look at the info on www.rentron.com for examples on using PB Pro for IR sending and receiving.

good luck

Jim

Hi,

Useful links:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbp/knowledge/ir/ir.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbp/knowledge/ir/rc5.htm

Best regards,

Luciano

The simplest IR protocol to implement with PicBasic Pro is surely the Sony SIRC protocol. Simply follow the instructions given by Mr Les Johnson and very soon you'll be able to "Controlling the world from your armchair" like the title says.

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/support/Article.pdf

Good Luck

Thanks for the information....I'm leaning towards RC5 right now because it is one of the standards the remote control manufacturer I am dealing with standardly uses. The other is NEC which looks as complicated or more then RC5.