I created a small board with a Arduino Nano, an IR LED and 7 regular LEDs.
I also created a windows command line tool to send messages to the arduino via usb serial.
That way you can use the command line to send commands to your tv and also turn on / off the 7 LEDs.
I use the LEDs vor different purposes, for example to inform me when a new email arrived.
Only, suggestion would be to put a resistor in series with the IR LED (based on the circuit diagram), say 100R or 50R, for a 5v supply. Even better add a transistor to boost the current. Normally, the IR Led is designed so that you point the top in the direction you want. The Top acts as a lens to focus the beam. But an interesting idea to place a large component to block the signal in one direction!. (If it was a transistor it could provide 2 functions...neat.
Nice project. Thanks for sharing.
My only suggestion is draw real schematics and take a photo of them. What you are calling schematics are not schematics, they are pcb layout drawings and assembly drawings. That may seem like splitting hairs to you but a schematic by definition is a drawing that uses accepted schematic symbols in a standard schematic format. What you have posted is both appreciated and usable but calling them schematics is a bit of a stretch. It is a simple circuit. A real schematic drawn with pen and paper and photographed, is in my opinion , preferable to a PCB layout that is done with a nice software program. It is either a schematic, or it is not, and they are not. It wouldn't be that hard to make the schematics. I would suggest you do so. That being said, your project is very helpful to a lot of people who want to know how to use IR remote control and your contribution is appreciated.
Thank you
