Tag: TSOP4838

Add an IR receiver to piCorePlayer

mini11 14 July 2022 pCP 8.2.0 Projects  •  •  •  •
Add an IR receiver and setup a JustBoom IR remote. Today nearly every device is fitted with an IR remote, so why not a piCorePlayer? If your display has no touch or you do not want to control your device by a smartphone, an IR remote is very helpful. What we need Raspberry Pi piCorePlayer 8 with Jivelite installed A running display connected to RPi An TSOP4838 or similar IR receiver like OS-0038N 3 jumper wires, female to bare wire Soldering iron, solder, some heat shrink tube A JustBoom IR remote Info TSOP4838 IR receivers are sold in differing designs!

Create a custom kernel IR keytable

mini11 20 July 2022 pCP 8.0.0 Projects  •  •  •  •
Create keytables for IR remote. Today nearly every device is fitted with an IR remote, so why not piCorePlayer? If your display has no touch capability or you do not want to control your device by a smartphone, an IR remote can be very helpful. Since 4.19 linux kernel the original LIRC uinput drivers have been removed. We need to configure IR keytables to get IR remotes running with pCP.
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