The issue with building your own electronics for the living space is that the final product may not in shape your embellishing style. This was true with [Itay’s] prototype of a universal USB IR receiver. So after testing it out for a few weeks he chose to develop a final version that started by choosing an enclosure he might be happy of.
He came across an LED flash light at the dollar store which has an aluminum body. When we checked out about this we visualized a inexpensive version of a Mag Light from which he eliminated the cylinder that holds the batteries. however actually, the pod seen above is the entire flashlight (with an added base). It required him to style a small surface install PCB to in shape whatever inside.
It’s not as well much of a stretch because IR receivers tend to be little anyway. [Itay’s] style put a picture 18F2553 on one side of the board. The other side held the with hole components: an IR receiver, LED for feedback, as well as the connections for the USB cable television that exit with the rubber button cover that utilized to switch the flashlight on. He had a issue with one of the resistor values which took a while to figure out. however ultimately he got it working. It’s been in utilize now for six months.