Which infrared reciever should I buy?

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Hi,

I would like to control my Arduino using remote control, I do not know what kind of infrared reciever should I buy.
Could You please tell me some popular reciver which will work with Arduino...

How is it...
Can the remote reciver send data too, or just receive?

2

Since you want to control your Arduino with IR you need to decide which transmitter you are going to use first. The receiver cannot send signals but that doesn't mean you couldn't include a transmitter (IR LED) controlled by the Arduino.

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Check this thread
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1210243556

Everything is well explained

4

Check this thread
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1210243556

Everything is well explained

I checked this thread, the library will be helpfull, but I still do not know if I can buy any IR detector I find....?