The final random drawing for Hackaday’s Trinket daily bring contest was held tonight, as well as the champion is [flaming_goat] with Trinket Pocket IR Analyser/Transmitter!
In addition to having an incredible username, [flaming_goat] likes IR protocols. Trinket Pocket IR Analyser/Transmitter is a standalone gadget to read, examine as well as transmit Infrared (IR) signals. The IR part of the job is handled by a Vishay TSOP38238 (PDF link) The 382 series is a 3 pin module. It is available in a number of variants, each tuned to a certain provider frequency. The 38238 will decode IR signals at 38 kHz.
The demodulated IR signals are fed into the Pro Trinket, where they can be analyzed. data is either sent with the serial terminal or displayed on the on-board 1.44″ TFT LCD. source code for the whole job is up on [flaming_goat’s] GitHub repo.
[flaming_goat] will be getting a Teensy 3.1 and an Audio+SD adapter from The Hackaday Store. If the pro Trinket is a gateway drug, then Teensy 3.1 is the hardcore stuff. Powered by a Freescale Kinetis ARM Cortex M4 processor in a small package, the Teensy 3.1 packs rather a punch. You may believe all that power would indicate complex tools, however Teensy 3.1 is still simple to program utilizing the Arduino IDE. The Audio+SD adapter board provides Teensy 3.1 the capability to produce some quite respectable audio, thanks to the Teensy Audio Library.
This was the last regular drawing for the Trinket daily bring Contest, however there is still time to go into as well as win the huge prizes! The deadline is January 3 at 12am PDT. That’s just about 3 days to go into – so procrastinators, get in the game!