[mythtv-users] Arduino based dish IR blaster

Dan Wilga mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu
Fri Dec 11 19:04:13 UTC 2009


At 9:49 AM -0700 12/11/09, Travis Tabbal wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:36 AM, David Herman <dherman516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I think the ultimate answer would be a Ethernet bundled Micro controller.
>>  Get rid of the USB/Driver tether, just rely on straight TCP requests for the
>>  interface. If anyone knows of a cheap dev board platform, it would be a cool
>  > side project for the Myth community
>Except that now you need a power plug or PoE.

Personally, I'd love to have an Ethernet-based blaster/receiver, even 
if it needed a wall wart. The length limitations of a USB cable are a 
big restriction, IMHO.
-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."


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