Remote Control Mouse Using TV Remote

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  Ramani Aswath

  This of any use?:
  
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  Akhil C Joy

  Hi Megha,
  
  Of course you can use any microcontroller for this purpose. If they use it for basic operation you can change it with any other microcontrollers Atmel, PIC, ARM etc.
  
  But there also some specific application oriented microcontrollers, So kindly share the data sheet of AVR microcontroller.
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  Megha Binoy Thomas

  Sir.. during ur presentation lectures teachers always hav to stand next to the pc or device to scroll down for next slide, which restricts them from moving nd interacting with the students or explain the concept properly.. so came up with this idea
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  Akhil C Joy

  Hi Megha,
  
  First of all, I congratulate your motive to come up with a solution for problem. But for your information there is already a product using bluetooth which having greater coverage and also laser pointer.
  
  Kindly find the link for your information.
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  Megha Binoy Thomas

  Akhil C Joy

  Hi Megha,
  
  First of all, I congratulate your motive to come up with a solution for problem. But for your information there is already a product using bluetooth which having greater coverage and also laser pointer.
  
  Kindly find the link for your information.
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  HI Akhil...
  true that there is already a product for the idea i hav.. but wat i was thinkg is using the tv remote we have for our tv nly for operating our pc...
  i dnt know hw much technically correct i am becoz my learning process is only gng on.. but if tv remote itself is used for operating pc or laptops then there s no need to buy an extra device to operate it..
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  Akhil C Joy

  Hi Megha,
  
  Thats great concept. TV remote works in IR technology. It consist of IR led transmitter. On the other side (TV) there will be IR receiver photo diode. For controlling this we need a IR receiver unit at PC or laptop.
  
  My suggestions design a prototype IR receiver section with USB so that can communicate with PC and laptops.
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  lal

  There is an open source package called "LIRC" which could be used to send and receive IR signals using a computer. You could read the wiki on it here,
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  Well it makes things quite easy. Even though I have used only the Linux version of the package, the wiki does say there is a Windows version available too.
  
  Reading your requirement, it seems to me that what Akhil has recommended will be the easiest way. Building an IR receiver and interfacing it to the PC solves it all. And the best part is, it will support almost all kind of IR remotes!
  
  This page is about building an IR receiver and interfacing it to PC through the serial port.
  LIRC - Serial Port Receivers
  
  Head over to the LIRC home page and explore more.