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>>    I am trying to find information on how infrared tv remote controls
>>send signals.  I have one of those infrared receivers from Radio Shack
>>hooked up to my 68HC11EVBU board, and have been experimenting with
>>trying to program it to read the buttons off a remote control for a Sony
>>Trinitron tv.

>However the absolutely best advice I can give you is to stop trying
>to figure out the Sony remote. Instead, wire up an infrared diode
>and a uart and that you can use to "train" one of these programmabe
>remotes (I got one from Radio Shack for $30 on sale once). Then you
>can design your own protocol pretty much and you always know what the
>transmitter will send when you hit the "1" key. :-)
>--Chuck McManis					    Sun Microsystems

If you do this, remember that a transmit packet from a normal
handheld transmitter is preceded by a whopping long "on" pulse,
to allow the receiver's AGC circuit to stabilize.

	-Ken