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Infrared (IR) communication is a widely used and easy to implement wireless

technology that has many useful applications. The most prominent examples in day to
day life are TV/video remote controls, motion sensors, and infrared thermometers.

There are plenty of interesting Arduino projects that use IR communication too. With a
simple IR transmitter and receiver, you can make remote controlled robots, distance
sensors, heart rate monitors, DSLR camera remote controls, TV remote controls, and lots
more.

In this tutorial I’ll first explain what infrared is and how it works. Then I’ll show you how to
set up an IR receiver and remote on an Arduino. I’ll also show you how to use virtually any
IR remote (like the one for your TV) to control things connected to the Arduino.
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BONUS: I made a quick start guide for this tutorial that you can download and go
back to later if you can’t set this up right now. It covers all of the steps, diagrams, and
code you need to get started.

Watch the video for this tutorial here:

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Now let’s get into the details…

WHAT IS INFRARED?
Infrared radiation is a form of light similar to the light we see all around us. The only
difference between IR light and visible light is the frequency and wavelength. Infrared
radiation lies outside the range of visible light, so humans can’t see it:

Because IR is a type of light, IR communication requires a direct line of sight from the
receiver to the transmitter. It can’t transmit through walls or other materials like WiFi or
Bluetooth.
HOW IR REMOTES AND RECEIVERS WORK
A typical infrared communication system requires an IR transmitter and an IR receiver.
The transmitter looks just like a standard LED, except it produces light in the IR spectrum
instead of the visible spectrum. If you have a look at the front of a TV remote, you’ll see
the IR transmitter LED:

The same type of LED is used in IR transmitter breakout boards for the Arduino. You can
see it at the front of this Keyes IR transmitter:

The IR receiver is a photodiode and pre-amplifier that converts the IR light into an
electrical signal. IR receiver diodes typically look like this:
Some may come on a breakout board like this:

IR SIGNAL MODULATION
IR light is emitted by the sun, light bulbs, and anything else that produces heat. That
means there is a lot of IR light noise all around us. To prevent this noise from interfering
with the IR signal, a signal modulation technique is used.

In IR signal modulation, an encoder on the IR remote converts a binary signal into a

modulated electrical signal. This electrical signal is sent to the transmitting LED. The
transmitting LED converts the modulated electrical signal into a modulated IR light
signal. The IR receiver then demodulates the IR light signal and converts it back to binary
before passing on the information to a microcontroller:
The modulated IR signal is a series of IR light pulses switched on and off at a high
frequency known as the carrier frequency. The carrier frequency used by most
transmitters is 38 kHz, because it is rare in nature and thus can be distinguished from
ambient noise. This way the IR receiver will know that the 38 kHz signal was sent from
the transmitter and not picked up from the surrounding environment.

The receiver diode detects all frequencies of IR light, but it has a band-pass filter and only
lets through IR at 38 kHz. It then amplifies the modulated signal with a pre-amplifier and
converts it to a binary signal before sending it to a microcontroller.

IR TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS
The pattern in which the modulated IR signal is converted to binary is defined by a
transmission protocol. There are many IR transmission protocols. Sony, Matsushita, NEC,
and RC5 are some of the more common protocols.

The NEC protocol is also the most common type in Arduino projects, so I’ll use it as an
example to show you how the receiver converts the modulated IR signal to a binary one.

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Logical ‘1’ starts with a 562.5 µs long HIGH pulse of 38 kHz IR followed by a 1,687.5 µs long
LOW pulse. Logical ‘0’ is transmitted with a 562.5 µs long HIGH pulse followed by a 562.5
µs long LOW pulse:

This is how the NEC protocol encodes and decodes the binary data into a modulated
signal. Other protocols differ only in the duration of the individual HIGH and LOW pulses.

IR CODES
Each time you press a button on the remote control, a unique hexadecimal code is
generated. This is the information that is modulated and sent over IR to the receiver. In
order to decipher which key is pressed, the receiving microcontroller needs to
know which code corresponds to each key on the remote.
Different remotes send different codes for the keypresses, so you’ll need to determine the
code generated for each key on your particular remote. If you can find the datasheet, the
IR key codes should be listed. If not though, there is a simple Arduino sketch that will read
most of the popular remote controls and print the hexadecimal codes to the serial
monitor when you press a key. I’ll show you how to set that up in a minute, but first we
need to connect the receiver to the Arduino…

HOW TO CONNECT AN IR RECEIVER TO THE ARDUINO

There are several different types of IR receivers, some are stand-alone, and some are
mounted on a breakout board. Check the datasheet for your particular IR receiver since
the pins might be arranged differently than the HX1838 IR receiver and remote set I am
using here. However, all IR receivers will have three pins: signal, ground, and Vcc.

Lets get started with the hardware connections. The pin layout on most breakout
boards looks like this:

The pinout of most stand-alone diodes is like this:

To connect a breakout board mounted IR receiver, hook it up to the Arduino like this:

To connect a stand-alone receiver diode, wire it like this:

PROGRAMMING THE IR RECEIVER
Once you have the receiver connected, we can install the Arduino library and start
programming. In the examples below, I’ll show you how to find the codes sent by your
remote, how to find the IR protocol used by your remote, how to print key presses to the
serial monitor or an LCD, and finally, how to control the Arduino’s output pins with a
remote.

INSTALL THE IRREMOTE LIBRARY

We’ll be using the IRremote library for all of the code examples below. You can
download a ZIP file of the library from here.

To install the library from the ZIP file, open up the Arduino IDE, then go to Sketch >
Include Library > Add .ZIP Library, then select the IRremote ZIP file that you downloaded
from the link above.

FIND THE CODES FOR YOUR REMOTE

To find the key codes for your remote control, upload this code to your Arduino and open
the serial monitor:

#include <IRremote.h>

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;

void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){
Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
irrecv.resume();
}
}

Now press each key on your remote and record the hexadecimal code printed for each
key press.
Using the program above, I derived a table of keys and their corresponding codes from
the remote that came with my HX1838 IR receiver and remote set. Note that you will
receive a 0XFFFFFFFF code when you press a key continuously.

Key Code

CH- 0xFFA25D

CH 0xFF629D

CH+ 0xFFE21D

<< 0xFF22DD

>> 0xFF02FD

>|| 0xFFC23D

– 0xFFE01F

+ 0xFFA857

EQ 0xFF906F

100+ 0xFF9867

200+ 0xFFB04F

0 0XFF6897

1 0xFF30CF

2 0xFF18E7

3 0xFF7A85

4 0xFF10EF

5 0xFF38C7

6 0xFF5AA5

7 0xFF42BD

8 0xFF4AB5

9 0xFF52AD

FIND THE PROTOCOL USED BY YOUR REMOTE

Knowing which protocol your remote uses can be useful if you want to work on some
more advanced projects. Or you might just be curious. The program below will identify
the protocol used by your remote. It should even work on most of the remote controls
around your house.
 #include <IRremote.h>

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;

void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){
Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
switch (results.decode_type){
case NEC: Serial.println("NEC"); break ;
case SONY: Serial.println("SONY"); break ;
case RC5: Serial.println("RC5"); break ;
case RC6: Serial.println("RC6"); break ;
case DISH: Serial.println("DISH"); break ;
case SHARP: Serial.println("SHARP"); break ;
case JVC: Serial.println("JVC"); break ;
case SANYO: Serial.println("SANYO"); break ;
case MITSUBISHI: Serial.println("MITSUBISHI"); break ;
case SAMSUNG: Serial.println("SAMSUNG"); break ;
case LG: Serial.println("LG"); break ;
case WHYNTER: Serial.println("WHYNTER"); break ;
case AIWA_RC_T501: Serial.println("AIWA_RC_T501"); break ;
case PANASONIC: Serial.println("PANASONIC"); break ;
case DENON: Serial.println("DENON"); break ;
default:
case UNKNOWN: Serial.println("UNKNOWN"); break ;
}
irrecv.resume();
}
}

PRINT KEYS TO THE SERIAL MONITOR

I extended the code above to print the key value instead of the hexadecimal code:

#include <IRremote.h>

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
unsigned long key_value = 0;

void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){

if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
results.value = key_value;

switch(results.value){
case 0xFFA25D:
Serial.println("CH-");
break;
case 0xFF629D:
Serial.println("CH");
break;
case 0xFFE21D:
Serial.println("CH+");
break;
case 0xFF22DD:
Serial.println("|<<");
break;
case 0xFF02FD:
Serial.println(">>|");
break ;
case 0xFFC23D:
Serial.println(">|");
break ;
case 0xFFE01F:
Serial.println("-");
break ;
case 0xFFA857:
Serial.println("+");
 break ;
case 0xFF906F:
Serial.println("EQ");
break ;
case 0xFF6897:
Serial.println("0");
break ;
case 0xFF9867:
Serial.println("100+");
break ;
case 0xFFB04F:
Serial.println("200+");
break ;
case 0xFF30CF:
Serial.println("1");
break ;
case 0xFF18E7:
Serial.println("2");
break ;
case 0xFF7A85:
Serial.println("3");
break ;
case 0xFF10EF:
Serial.println("4");
break ;
case 0xFF38C7:
Serial.println("5");
break ;
case 0xFF5AA5:
Serial.println("6");
break ;
case 0xFF42BD:
Serial.println("7");
break ;
case 0xFF4AB5:
Serial.println("8");
break ;
case 0xFF52AD:
Serial.println("9");
break ;
}
key_value = results.value;
irrecv.resume();
}
}

If your remote sends different codes than the ones in the table above, just replace the hex
code in each line where it says:

case 0xFFA25D:
Serial.println(“CH-“);

In these lines, when the hex code 0xFFA25D is received, the Arduino prints “CH-“.

HOW THE CODE WORKS

For any IR communication using the IRremote library, first we need to create an object
called irrecv and specify the pin number where the IR receiver is connected (line 3). This
object will take care of the protocol and processing of the information from the receiver.

The next step is to create an object called results , from the decode_results class, which
will be used by the irrecv object to share the decoded information with our application
(line 5).

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In the void setup() block, first we configure the serial monitor baud rate. Next we start
the IR receiver by calling the IRrecv member function enableIRIn() (line 10).

The irrecv.blink13(true) function on line 11 will blink the Arduino’s on board LED every
time the receiver gets a signal from the remote control, which is useful for debugging.

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In the void loop() block, the function irrecv.decode will return true if a code is received
and the program will execute the code in the if statement. The received code is stored
in results.value . Then I used a switch to handle each IR code and print the
corresponding key value.

Before the switch block starts there is a conditional block:

if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
results.value = key_value;

If we receive 0XFFFFFFFF from the remote, it means a repetition of the previous key. So in
order to handle the repeat key pattern, I am storing the hex code in a global variable
key_value every time a code is received:

key_value = results.value;

When you receive a repeat pattern, then the previously stored value is used as the current
key press.

At the end of the void loop() section, we call irrecv.resume() to reset the receiver and
prepare it to receive the next code.

PRINT KEYS TO AN LCD

Instead of printing the key values to the serial monitor, you can also display the
information on an LCD. Check out our article on setting up and programming an LCD on
the Arduino for more information on programming the LCD, but the basic setup looks
like this:
The resistor sets the LCD’s backlight brightness. It can be anything from 200 ohms to
about 2K ohms. The potentiometer sets the character contrast. I normally use a 10K ohm
potentiometer for this one.

Once everything is connected, upload this code to the Arduino:

#include <IRremote.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
unsigned long key_value = 0;

void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
lcd.begin(16, 2);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){

if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
results.value = key_value;
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.clear();

switch(results.value){
case 0xFFA25D:
lcd.print("CH-");
break;
case 0xFF629D:
lcd.print("CH");
break;
case 0xFFE21D:
lcd.print("CH+");
break;
case 0xFF22DD:
lcd.print("|<<");
break;
case 0xFF02FD:
lcd.print(">>|");
break ;
case 0xFFC23D:
lcd.print(">|");
break ;
case 0xFFE01F:
lcd.print("-");
break ;
case 0xFFA857:
lcd.print("+");
break ;
case 0xFF906F:
lcd.print("EQ");
break ;
case 0xFF6897:
lcd.print("0");
break ;
case 0xFF9867:
lcd.print("100+");
break ;
case 0xFFB04F:
lcd.print("200+");
break ;
case 0xFF30CF:
lcd.print("1");
break ;
case 0xFF18E7:
lcd.print("2");
break ;
case 0xFF7A85:
lcd.print("3");
break ;
case 0xFF10EF:
lcd.print("4");
break ;
case 0xFF38C7:
lcd.print("5");
break ;
case 0xFF5AA5:
lcd.print("6");
 break ;
case 0xFF42BD:
lcd.print("7");
break ;
case 0xFF4AB5:
lcd.print("8");
break ;
case 0xFF52AD:
lcd.print("9");
break ;
}
key_value = results.value;
irrecv.resume();
}
}

Again, if the hex codes don’t match the codes output by your remote, just replace them
for each character where it says case 0xXXXXXXXX; .

USING THE IR REMOTE TO CONTROL THINGS

Now I’ll show you a simple demonstration of how you can use the IR remote to control
the Arduino’s output pins. In this example, we will light up an LED when a particular
button is pressed. You can easily modify the code to do things like control servo motors,
or activate relays with any button press from the remote.

The example circuit has the IR receiver connected to the Arduino, with a red LED
connected to pin 10 and a green LED connected to pin 11:

The code below will write digital pin 10 HIGH for 2 seconds when the “5” button is pressed,
and write digital pin 11 HIGH for 2 seconds when the “2” button is pressed:

#include <IRremote.h>

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
const int redPin = 10;
const int greenPin = 11;

void setup(){
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
pinMode(redPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(greenPin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){

switch(results.value){
case 0xFF38C7: //Keypad button "5"
digitalWrite(redPin, HIGH);
delay(2000);
digitalWrite(redPin, LOW);
}

switch(results.value){
case 0xFF18E7: //Keypad button "2"
digitalWrite(greenPin, HIGH);
delay(2000);
digitalWrite(greenPin, LOW);
}

irrecv.resume();
 }
}

So far we have covered the properties of infrared radiation and how communication
happens between the transmitter and receiver. We saw how to identify the IR key codes
for a given remote control. We learned how to display key presses on serial monitor and
on an LCD screen. Finally I showed you how to control the Arduino’s output with the
remote. Have fun playing with this and be sure to let us know in the comments if you
have any questions or trouble setting this up!

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60 COMMENTS

StEw Lindenberger on November 2, 2017 at 4:41 pm

Thank you.

A well presented, informative and useful overview including specific

examples for implementation. Bravo.

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Judith on April 12, 2022 at 10:57 am

Thank you this was really helpful. I thought the store where I bought
my kits from tempered with my components because my IR receiver
didn’t have a board. But now I now it can actually come without a
board. Thank you

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Jeremy Borg on November 3, 2017 at 10:18 am

A very well written and informative article. One thing I would have liked to
learn more about is how to choose the IR emitter and receiver. My local store
stocks several options of each, does it matter which one I choose?
https://www.fabian.com.mt/en/products/webshop/bycategory/843/name/asc/1
8/1/infrared–uv-emitters-and-receivers.htm

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Stan on November 3, 2017 at 3:26 pm

Well written, clear and concise. Keep it up.

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Shekhar on November 17, 2017 at 11:03 am

Are the codes complete?

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Sajjad on December 12, 2017 at 6:06 pm

Hello hope that you all are fine. my Ir reciever giving me continous values on
serial moniter although i am sending no signals to it. kindly reply.
Thanks

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anonymous on March 22, 2019 at 5:37 pm

i’m 2 years too late, but you don’t need to type anything in the monitor

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Rasmus Agerbo on January 17, 2021 at 4:13 pm

hi my receiver gets as hot as the sun and it does not give me
any values can you help me

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SE on November 4, 2021 at 10:16 am

Use 3.3 V instead of 5 V

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peter obasa on January 6, 2018 at 1:41 pm

Hi, please i try loading the code on uno and nano board this is the error
message (

Build options changed, rebuilding all

C:\Program Files
(x86)\Arduino\libraries\RobotIRremote\src\IRremoteTools.cpp:5:16: error: ‘TKD2’
was not declared in this scope

int RECV_PIN = TKD2; // the pin the IR receiver is connected to

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno.
)

please what should i do , thanks in advance

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 Tom on October 25, 2018 at 4:28 pm
Hi, late but hopefully still helpful, if not for you maybe for somebody
else.
This error-message occurs when you’re using the “Robot IR Remote”
library instead of the “IRremote” library, which you would first have to
import, either by using the buildt-in feature of the Arduino-IDE, or by
downloading a ZIP-archive.

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Saviour on December 26, 2019 at 1:29 am

Hi I’m Savvy I faced the same error too so I installed the IRremote
library folder into my Arduino library and it worked the link is above

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Sunil on August 31, 2018 at 8:28 pm

How to remove receiving NEC repeat code. From my remote control it always
display 0xFFFFFFFF but when i presses key fast at once it display correct
value like 18E7E817 so how to turn off receiving repeat code. Please help.

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Luca Segalla on September 28, 2018 at 6:49 pm

If you have problems like “error: ‘TKD2’ was not declared in this scope – int
RECV_PIN = TKD2; // the pin the IR receiver is connected to” just remove the
“RobotIRremote” default library and install the “Arduino-IRremote-master”.
Then rename the folder “Arduino-IRremote-master” in “IRremote”. That’s all.

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medo on October 20, 2018 at 7:08 pm

hi,
i connected atmega 328 ic with 4 relayes. really, i made that using two cycles
one for the ic and the ir receiver. the cycle was supported using 5v (2 amp)
adapter.

The other cycle contained 4 relayes, each one have 1 daiods and 574
transistor. this cycle was supported using 5v (1 amp) adapter.

those cycles were conected from (a)- cathode (b)- the ic’s output pins to the
transistors.

the target was to open/close each relay by lg-tv remote control. the cycle
work very will through 1 hour from starting point, but after that it hang and
not receive the signals.

um looking forward to hearing from you, why this problem is happened.

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trinity fogarty on November 11, 2018 at 10:15 am

hi there,

for some reason the program never finishes uploading onto my uno. The
program verifies properly and I see some on the memory usage figures but it
just never finishes. Any ideas?

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Colin on December 17, 2018 at 9:36 pm

Excellent article thank you:)
I’m stuck at the LCD part. I am relatively confident I have connected
everything properly, as I have checked and rechecked. However nothing
displays on the screen. Is there a way to trouble shoot this?
Thank you,
Colin

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Colin on December 17, 2018 at 9:38 pm

Its working now! Sorry, I turned on serial monitor in arduino and it
started to work. Coincidence?
Thanks:)

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Andreas on December 22, 2018 at 9:09 pm

Thx helped me out a lot with my project. Clearly structured and nice to read.
Worked like a charm

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Serge Nadeau on December 27, 2018 at 1:05 am

Hi,
I have been looking for an understandable explanation how to use a IR
receiver with Arduino for a while.
Your explanation is the first that is simple and understandable for a beginner.
Thanks to put such good quality information on this site.

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Hilton Bennett on January 14, 2019 at 12:21 am

Very well written tutorial. Thanks!
Is there a way to speed up the response when the remote button is pushed?
There seems to be about a 3-4 second delay between button push and LED
response in most cases.

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Jim DiGriz on January 16, 2019 at 3:52 am

Wow, this was actually exciting and fun.
Each piece of code worked. I could read the codes. It told me the
manufacturer.
Now I’m ready to buy a used/discarded remote from a thrift store, map its
keys, and use it to drive relays.
Thanks very much for short clear instructions.

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ioan on February 2, 2019 at 12:55 pm

My 3 IR receivers are always blinking even before I add the code, and aren’t
receiving any data sent from a functional RGB remote controller.
Please, can someone help me?

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ジロラッタ バッグ on February 24, 2019 at 6:38 am

I have read so many articles or reviews about the blogger
lovers except this post is in fact a nice paragraph, keep it
up. http://www.cardtricksdesigns.com/lva.php

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saket on February 25, 2019 at 5:40 pm

when i try to get the codes for my remote after clicking the serial moniter it
automatically starts giving the values why??

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Dominic shaji on April 2, 2019 at 5:29 am

Iam building a hand gesture based remote using the ultrasonic sensor.I want
to control a music player which already has a remote can anybody help with
writting the code.My project is the modification of
https://www.instructables.com/id/Ultrasonic-gesture-based-TV-remote-
control/

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S.Keerthy on April 4, 2019 at 6:25 am

I am keerthy, a student of mechanical engineering. I followed the above said
steps everything worked properly except one. In the part of printing the keys
to the serial monitor, i had a difficulty. While compiling the codes after
changing it according to my remote’s hexadecimal codes, it throws an error
saying that the variable is not declared in the scope.

Here is my changed code:

#include

const int RECV_PIN = 7;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
unsigned long key_value = 0;

void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
irrecv.enableIRIn();
irrecv.blink13(true);
}

void loop(){
if (irrecv.decode(&results)){

if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
results.value = key_value;

switch(results.value){
case 1FE48B7:
Serial.println(“Switch ON/OFF”);
break;
case 1FE58A7:
Serial.println(“Mode”);
break;
case 1FE7887:
Serial.println(“MUTE”);
break;
case 1FE807F:
Serial.println(“>||”);
break;
case 1FE40BF:
Serial.println(“|<>|”);
break ;
case 1FE20DF:
Serial.println(“EQ”);
break ;
case 1FEA05F:
Serial.println(“VOL-“);
break ;
case 1FE609F:
Serial.println(“VOL+”);
break ;
case 1FEE01F:
Serial.println(“0”);
break ;
case 1FE10EF:
Serial.println(“RPT”);
break ;
case 1FE906F:
Serial.println(“U/SD”);
break ;
case 1FE50AF:
Serial.println(“1”);
break ;
case 1FED827:
Serial.println(“2”);
break ;
case 1FEF807:
Serial.println(“3”);
break ;
case 1FE30CF:
Serial.println(“4”);
break ;
case 1FEB04F:
Serial.println(“5”);
break ;
case 1FE708F:
Serial.println(“6”);
break ;
case 1FE00FF:
Serial.println(“7”);
break ;
case 1FEF00F:
Serial.println(“8”);
break ;
case 1FE9867:
Serial.println(“9”);
break ;
}
key_value = results.value;
irrecv.resume();
}
}

And the error says that:

exit status 1
‘IFEFFFFFFFF’ was not declared in this scope

Help me to rectify my mistakes as fast as you can!!!

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DIPIN V SIDHARTH on April 18, 2019 at 8:14 pm

hi Keerthi , i think the code in your serial monitor is hexa decimal it
should change to decimal (hexadecimal to decimal conversion.online
converter is available on google.just copy and paste the hexa decimal
code in converter and then convert it.copy the converted code and
replace that code in your arduino program)…100% working. i already
made this..it is useful simple program

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sarath on August 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm

 Thanks for the tip.Me also faced same issue but now rectified.

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Sergei on April 22, 2019 at 7:58 pm

Very good explanation and work!

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Joseph T on June 3, 2019 at 2:04 am

Oops! There is a way using send.Raw.

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Daniel Fernandes on June 14, 2019 at 4:59 pm

Very cool!
I would suggest a tutorial to control a led matrix, 8×32, for example, (4 in 1)
with this same procedure;

Thank you

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Semiconductor Design on June 28, 2019 at 7:14 am

Thanks for Sharing this is really informative!!

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Paul R on August 23, 2019 at 3:20 am

I find that I often see “FFFFFFFF” when I use some of your code. I added this
IF statement around the print statements to omit that:

if(results.value != 4294967295){ // decimal equivalent to 0XFFFFFFFF

ORIGINAL Serial.println OR lcd.print LINE
}

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Joel on September 15, 2019 at 10:33 pm

my code error says IRremote.h: No such file or directory can you help me out?

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TITO on October 25, 2020 at 2:59 am

iNSTALL LIBRRARY

https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/i-rremote

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Mr Wolf on October 16, 2019 at 8:27 pm

Hi, just want to make you my compliments: great turorial, very well explained.
Thanks!

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Gary on December 6, 2019 at 2:57 am

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was clear, concise, and the examples
worked.
I had loaded IRrecvDumpV2 into my project, got all needed codes, but could
not figure out how to use them to control a homemade arduino robot.
Nothing I tried on my own worked.
The IRrecvDumpV2 instructions were saved into the example directories, and
was 123 pages long. The doc seemed to be musings of folks who truely live in
an embedded world, and went deep into the artistry and wonderment of
their cleverness.

Thank you for helping me see the light. These 2 lines are what significantly
helped me move forward with my project.
if (results.value == 0XFFFFFFFF)
results.value = key_value;
Thank you, thank you, thank you

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Jean on December 27, 2019 at 8:18 pm

Very good job but there s somethng I can’t understand.
When I read the varable ‘results.decode_type’ I get a number from 1 to 7 and
not a string like those you use in the program (NEC, SONY …)
switch (results.decode_type){
case NEC: Serial.println(“NEC”); break ;
case SONY: Serial.println(“SONY”); break ;

By the way I use the same Library as you;, results.value codes and the number
of bits are perfect
Can you help me?
Thanks

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Avanish on July 15, 2020 at 4:12 pm

it should be printing unknown if any one of the above is not printing,
Anyway it depends upon which protocol your remote is using like sony,
lg they have their unique protocols . May be your remote is not
matching
with the listed strings

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Jan Speyer on February 16, 2020 at 12:09 pm

Dear sir,

In the scheme ‘Using the IR Remote to Control Things’ the two resistors are
connected to the anode. They should be connected to the kathode-
side(ground), as I found out.

Thanks for this great tutorial!

Kind regards,
Jan Speyer, the Netherlands

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Jan Speyer on February 16, 2020 at 12:18 pm

I also found out that on my breadboard the ‘+’ is on the left and the ‘-‘ on the
right. Sorry for my comment:-)

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alfredo on February 18, 2020 at 10:50 pm

Grazie mille, complimenti!!!!!!!!

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Harold on September 25, 2020 at 5:05 pm
I am getting this error Message ? This report would have more information
with
“Show verbose output during compilation”
enabled in File > Preferences.
Arduino: 1.0.6 (Windows 2000), Board: “Arduino Uno”
In file included from sketch_sep25j.ino:1:
C:\Documents and Settings\HAC\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\Arduino-
IRremote-2.6.1\src/IRremote.h:486: error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of
member ‘sendPin’
C:\Documents and Settings\HAC\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\Arduino-
IRremote-2.6.1\src/IRremote.h:486: error: making ‘sendPin’ static

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Harold on September 25, 2020 at 5:06 pm

I am Getting this error ? This report would have more information with
“Show verbose output during compilation”
enabled in File > Preferences.
Arduino: 1.0.6 (Windows 2000), Board: “Arduino Uno”
In file included from sketch_sep25j.ino:1:
C:\Documents and Settings\HAC\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\Arduino-
IRremote-2.6.1\src/IRremote.h:486: error: ISO C++ forbids initialization of
member ‘sendPin’
C:\Documents and Settings\HAC\My Documents\Arduino\libraries\Arduino-
IRremote-2.6.1\src/IRremote.h:486: error: making ‘sendPin’ static

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Volker on September 29, 2020 at 12:56 pm

:-) Like it.

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Alex on November 14, 2020 at 12:37 pm

Hello,

I’m trying to copy a remote controller of which I have the schematics, but not
the parts.
It seems that it’s using the Toshiba protocol, but I can’t find information
about it… The part I’m trying to simulate is the PT2248

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Daniel John Ohm on January 25, 2021 at 12:33 pm

I had a whole bunch of problems getting the codes to work for my arduino.

the first code, instead of giving me IR codes, it would just print a 0 to the
serial port every time i pressed a button on the controller.

the second code didnt work at all…

I tried a number of things, including testing all the different examples in the
IRremote library….
after i failed to get it to work seemlessly, i discovered that the IRremote library
has been updated in the last few months.

I managed to solve the problem by reverting to an earlier update for the

IRremote library (2.7.0), and now everything is working perfectly!

thanks very much!

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Andriy on February 11, 2021 at 11:39 am

Hi Daniel

I’ve got the same issue: 0 instead of codes.

Also, I’ve had to delete &results out of ” if (irrecv.decode(&results)){ ” in

loop and leave .decode() with nothing in brackets. Have you done the
same?

However, you said that swap 3.0.1 to earlier version of IRremote library
has solved the issue.

How did you manage it ?

Thanks.

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Matt on February 18, 2021 at 10:44 pm

Download the 2.7.0 zip file from
https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/i-rremote

In Arduino IDE:
File>Preferences
copy the sketchbook location

Open File Explorer:

Paste copied sketchbook location address into file explorer
Open libraries
Remove the any previous IRremote folders if there is one
Put the unzipped IRremote-2.7.0 folder into the libraries

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Matt Shurtleff on February 18, 2021 at 10:45 pm

Download the 2.7.0 zip file from
https://www.arduinolibraries.info/libraries/i-rremote

In Arduino IDE:
File>Preferences
copy the sketchbook location

Open File Explorer:

Paste copied sketchbook location address into file explorer
Open libraries
Remove the any previous IRremote folders if there is one
Put the unzipped IRremote-2.7.0 folder into the libraries

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Andriy on February 23, 2021 at 3:48 pm

Thanks Matt. It works now. 👍👍
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Ivy on February 23, 2021 at 6:44 pm

Hi,
I have read so many blogs but still can’t solve my problem : (
I got different value when I pressed the same button, but I have no idea
where the mistakes are.
Hope anyone can help me with my problem, thanks! : )
Here is my code:

#include
int RECV_PIN = 7;
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
void setup(){
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {
Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
irrecv.resume();
}
delay(100);
}

P.S. The version of IRremote is 2.7.0

(And sorry for my poor English, I’m not native speaker.)

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soultyrant1 on April 7, 2021 at 4:21 pm

hi
i need help when ever i try to verify the code it gives me this error message

/tmp/692403348/sketch_apr1a/sketch_apr1a.ino: In function ‘void setup()’:

/tmp/692403348/sketch_apr1a/sketch_apr1a.ino:10:10: error: ‘class IRrecv’ has
no member named ‘blink13’
irrecv.blink13(true);
^~~~~~~
exit status 1

i have downloaded the libraries so what is wrong

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john on April 15, 2021 at 3:19 pm

No they do not work.

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Sébastien on April 28, 2021 at 6:35 pm

Outdated, not compatible with the recent version of the library. Could be
interesting to update the code :)

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aggertroll on July 11, 2021 at 12:21 pm

Try commenting out the line
// irrecv.blink13(true);

Worked for me.

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RAMESH on August 19, 2021 at 11:57 am

While i uploading the code with hide this line // irrecv.blink13(true); sucessfully
uploaded but in serial monitor shows error like
The function decode(&results)) is deprecated and may not work as expected!
Just use decode() without a parameter and IrReceiver.decodedIRData.
anyone suggest me a good solution to overcome this problem
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Anatoly Sharapov on January 10, 2022 at 5:43 am

/*

File name : HX1838_RX.ino

Description : this sketch process HX1838 IR Control signals
emitted at 38 kHz frequency carrier
and detected by VS1838B IR receiver
Author : Anatoly A. Sharapov
Email : [email protected]

Hardware : HX1838 IR Control Module Kit

Vendor URL : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32562721229.html

Library : IRremote
Lib. version : 3.3.0
Add library : Tools – Manage Libraries
Library URL : https://github.com/Arduino-IRremote/Arduino-IRremote

Example URL : https://www.circuitbasics.com/arduino-ir-remote-

receiver-tutorial/

Last revision : 10.01.2022

*/

#include
#include

const uint8_t VS1838B_PIN = 11;

const uint8_t FeedbackLEDPin = 13;

IRrecv irrecv(VS1838B_PIN);

uint32_t IRdecodedRawData; // Up to 32 bit decoded raw data,

// used for sendRaw functions

const bool EnableLEDFeedback = true;

// enable blinking of Feedback LED

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600); // Init serial

Serial.println(“HX1838_RX.ino is started”);

irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver

setLEDFeedback(FeedbackLEDPin, EnableLEDFeedback);

void loop() {

if (irrecv.decode()) {

IRdecodedRawData = irrecv.decodedIRData.decodedRawData;
Serial.print(IRdecodedRawData, HEX);
Serial.print(” @ “);

switch (irrecv.decodedIRData.protocol){

case UNKNOWN: Serial.println(“UNKNOWN”); break;

case PULSE_DISTANCE: Serial.println(“PULSE_DISTANCE”); break;
 case PULSE_WIDTH: Serial.println(“PULSE_WIDTH”); break;
case DENON: Serial.println(“DENON”); break;
case DISH: Serial.println(“DISH”); break;
case JVC: Serial.println(“JVC”); break;
case LG: Serial.println(“LG”); break;
case LG2: Serial.println(“LG2”); break;
case NEC: Serial.println(“NEC”); break;
case PANASONIC: Serial.println(“PANASONIC”); break;
case KASEIKYO: Serial.println(“KASEIKYO”); break;
case KASEIKYO_JVC: Serial.println(“KASEIKYO_JVC”); break;
case KASEIKYO_DENON: Serial.println(“KASEIKYO_DENON”); break;
case KASEIKYO_SHARP: Serial.println(“KASEIKYO_SHARP”); break;
case KASEIKYO_MITSUBISHI: Serial.println(“KASEIKYO_MITSUBISHI”);
break;
case RC5: Serial.println(“RC5”); break;
case RC6: Serial.println(“RC6”); break;
case SAMSUNG: Serial.println(“SAMSUNG”); break;
case SHARP: Serial.println(“SHARP”); break;
case SONY: Serial.println(“SONY”); break;
case ONKYO: Serial.println(“ONKYO”); break;
case APPLE: Serial.println(“APPLE”); break;
case BOSEWAVE: Serial.println(“BOSEWAVE”); break;
case LEGO_PF: Serial.println(“LEGO_PF”); break;
case MAGIQUEST: Serial.println(“MAGIQUEST”); break;
case WHYNTER: Serial.println(“WHYNTER”); break;
default:Serial.println(“default”); break;

// Decode
/*
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFA25D) Serial.println(“Pressed 1”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF629D) Serial.println(“Pressed 2”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFE21D) Serial.println(“Pressed 3”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF22DD) Serial.println(“Pressed 4”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF02FD) Serial.println(“Pressed 5”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFC23D) Serial.println(“Pressed 6”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFE01F) Serial.println(“Pressed 7”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFA857) Serial.println(“Pressed 8”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF906F) Serial.println(“Pressed 9”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF9867) Serial.println(“Pressed 0”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF6897) Serial.println(“Pressed *”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFFB04F) Serial.println(“Pressed #”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF18E7) Serial.println(“Pressed Arrow Up”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF4AB5) Serial.println(“Pressed Arrow
Down”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF10EF) Serial.println(“Pressed Arrow Left”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF5AA5) Serial.println(“Pressed Arrow
Right”);
if(IRdecodedRawData == 0xFF38C7) Serial.println(“Pressed Ok”);
*/

irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next value

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thivain salgado on April 26, 2023 at 12:28 pm

“IRremote.h” where to find the library. editor says this.

C:\Users\thiva\AppData\Local\Temp\ .arduinoIDE-unsaved2023326-25928-
8331dh.pit1g\sketch_apr26a\sketch_apr26a.ino:1:10: fatal error: IRremote: No
 such file or directory
#include
^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

exit status 1

Compilation error: IRremote: No such file or directory

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