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Infra Red

i dont know what this LED is ... any ideas ?

antony's picture

ok i have a few of these LEDs and i dont know what they are for i think they might be IR LED, i have tried putting a power source through them from 3-9V and it does nothing. any ideas at all i have about 500 of these my friend gave me and not a clue what they do... 

Building a Universal RF Remote - Questions

Sydney-Floyd's picture

More Recent UPDATE: the competed remote can be found here. Thanks to fritsl and rik for their respective helpfulness.

UPDATE: Attached (and blurrily pictured below) is my schematic that i think will work for this remote. Yes I drew it in paint, Yes it took too long:

*The "To Breadboard" leads are included so that the remote may also serve as a portable power supply.

 

 

 

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