Published January 14, 2017 © CC BY-NC

IR Remote Control and Arduino Control AC Voltage Device

Simple instruction to let you know how to control an AC voltage device using an IR remote control and the Arduino.

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IR Remote Control and Arduino Control AC Voltage Device

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

IR receiver (generic)

Sugar device

Breadboard (generic)

Jumper wires (generic)

LED (generic)

Resistor 475 ohm

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

Introduction

One of the most interesting ways to control many applications is by using an IR remote control. You can find this medium of control used with TVs, DVRs, air conditioners, and more.

In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to control any AC device and control it using an IR remote control and the Arduino. We will divide this experiment into:

Control an AC device as an ON - OFF switch.

Control an AC output voltage using a "dimmer" application.

Bill of Materials

But first, let's see what we want. The components we need for this experiment are:

Arduino Board (I used the UNO)

IR Rx TSOP3848

Sugar device (to control the AC device)

RJ12 Cable & RJ Breakout

AC lamp and Lamp socket

510R resistor

Breadboard

Solderless jumper

Testing

Let's test the IR RX and see what code that your remote sends to Arduino.

The IR receiver sensor has 3 pins: VCC, GND, OUT. Be careful when you connect the IR RX.

Wiring

First we need to build the circuit in like this:

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Coding

First upload this library, then upload this (test IR code) and open the serial. Then, once you press the IR remote control, you can detect the code for each button as you see here:

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In my case:

Power on: 0xFB38C7

Increase: 0xFBE01F

Decrease: 0xFBE21D

Why 0x in the beginning? Because the code is in hex format.

First application for ON - OFF AC switch:

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Second Dimmer application:

For the dimmer application, we will use the Volume Up and Volume Down button to increase and decrease the brightness.

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Code

/*
 * Copyright 2009 Ken Shirriff
   Modifiy by M. Rawashdeh
   Sugar device Switch ON OFF application
 */

#include <IRremote.h>

int RECV_PIN = 11;
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);
decode_results results;
const int SugarPin=9;
const int LEDpin=8;
boolean Power=false;
void setup()
{
//  Serial.begin(115200);
  irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver
  pinMode(SugarPin,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LEDpin,OUTPUT);  
}

void loop() {
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {
//   Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
switch(results.value)   
{
  case 0xFB38C7:
  // power on/OFF
  Power= !Power;
  if(Power)
  {
   analogWrite(SugarPin,64) ;
   digitalWrite(LEDpin,HIGH);
   }
  if(!Power)
  {
   analogWrite(SugarPin,12) ;
   digitalWrite(LEDpin,LOW);
  }
  delay(1500);
  break;
  }
  irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next value  
}
}

/*
 * IRremote: IRrecvDemo - demonstrates receiving IR codes with IRrecv
 * An IR detector/demodulator must be connected to the input RECV_PIN.
 * Version 0.1 July, 2009
 * Copyright 2009 Ken Shirriff
 *  http://arcfn.com

 */

#include 

int RECV_PIN = 11;

IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);

decode_results results;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver
}

void loop() {
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {
    Serial.println(results.value, HEX);
    irrecv.resume(); // Receive the next value
  }

}

Credits

Mohannad Rawashdeh

3 projects • 15 followers

Mohannad Rawashdeh is an Entrepreneur,and electrical Engineer from Jordan. Founder of Sugar device. http://www.sugarworld.net/

IR Remote Control and Arduino Control AC Voltage Device

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Introduction

Bill of Materials

Testing

Wiring

Coding

First application for ON - OFF AC switch:

Second Dimmer application:

Schematics

schematic IR

Code

IR switch on off code

Test IR code

Credits

Mohannad Rawashdeh

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IR Remote Control and Arduino Control AC Voltage Device

IR Remote Control and Arduino Control AC Voltage Device

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Introduction

Bill of Materials

Testing

Wiring

Coding

First application for ON - OFF AC switch:

Second Dimmer application:

Schematics

schematic IR

Code

IR switch on off code

Test IR code

Credits

Mohannad Rawashdeh

Comments

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