Re: [SLUG] Data acqusition (infrared) and linux

[Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:26:24PM +1100, Anthony Wood (woody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Many motherboards have IR pins built in, all you need is something to
> plug into them, I bought an ActiSys IR210 one from www.widget.com.au
> (now $87), but you have to check whether your motherboard's IR chip is
> supported by linux.  Easier is an IR dongle which plugs into your
> serial port, I think ActiSys IR220+ ($99) has its own kernel module
> in the source.

They only READ, dont they?

I need to output IR data as well (and btw a data acquistion boad
has some other nice features as well -> digital I/O).






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