IR sensor and Remote

Other Hardware Sensors
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First off Im very new to any of this. and I think this is the right part of the forum for a question of this nature.

I am just getting into any of this electronics stuff. I got a raspberry pi and and arduino uno for myself as a birthday present. eventually I plant to make some sort of robotic vehicle but for now im just trying to learn how all this works.

right now the only sort of input device I have I can connect to the arduino is a tactile button (other than connecting the RPi to it and using a python program with keyboard input to output to the arduino).

I was looking on ebay and found an IR Remote and sensor cheap from china, I was thinking about ordering this, but I havent been able to find any documentation on it.

IR Infrared Wireless Remote Control Kits for Arduino AVR PIC T7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-Infrared-Wireless-Remote-Control-Kits-for-Arduino-AVR-PIC-T7-/121294042341?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3db034e5

if anyone can direct me to any information about how I would use this please let me know
also wondering what library one would use with it.

thanks for any help. Im really looking forward to learning more about all this.

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That kit should work with the IRRemote library (GitHub - Arduino-IRremote/Arduino-IRremote: Infrared remote library for Arduino: send and receive infrared signals with multiple protocols).

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Just get a quality Vishay IR receiver (TSOPxxx38) .

My advice is to avoid cheap IR receivers. Can work but can also cause lots of issues & wasted time.

You can use any TV remote to test with. The pinout for most IR receivers is V+,GND,S (Signal). You don't really need a shield.

The signal is normally inverted (HIGH=0, LOW=1)

Dont buy any components if there is no datasheet availalbe.