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HACKED!: TV Remote becomes an RF Remote || nRF24L01+

2017-02-12

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More project information (parts list, pictures, schematic,...) on Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/id/TV-Remote-Becomes-an-RF-Remote-NRF24L01-Tutorial/

Previous video: /youtube/video/hwhqn4BmC2I

Control your LEDs with your TV remote?! || Arduino IR Tutorial: /youtube/video/ftdJ0R_5NZk

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Parts list (Ebay and Amazon.de on Instructables, affiliate links):

Aliexpress:

RF Receiver:

1x Arduino Pro Mini: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d62ALdV

1x nRF24L01+: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTALQoS

1x DC Jack: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d6cVZVl

1x 3.3V Voltage Regulator: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dYm1qIQ

1x IRLZ44N MOSFET: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dWhSrDl

1x 470Ω, 2x10kΩ Resistor: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTPpXjt

2x 100nF Capacitor: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dU4FEsB

1x 47µF Capcitor: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7dOwRz

RF Transmitter:

1x Arduino Pro Mini: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d62ALdV

1x nRF24L01+: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dTALQoS

1x 47µF Capcitor: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_d7dOwRz

3x 1N4148 Diode: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dYR45Bh

3x Tactile Switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dXIIMcP

In this episode of HACKED! I will show you how I used the popular nRF24L01+ RF IC to adjust the brightness of an LED strip wirelessly through three useless buttons of a TV remote.

Music:

2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats


hook up the arduino nano to the rf port
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add a big 47 micro farad decoupling capacitor
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opening the serial monitor of the transmitter
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adding three tactile switches to the breadboard
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added 3 diodes from pin 2 of the arduino to the button
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scraping off the protective layer from the copper traces
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