[mythtv-users] I've finished my serial port IR receiver!

Sasha Z kleptophobiac at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 01:21:15 UTC 2006


On 4/4/06, Jeff Simpson <jeffsimpson at alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Sasha Z <kleptophobiac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >>> I think it's rather cute. :)
> > > >>
> > > >> I would have used a black Ty-Wrap for better color coordination.
> > > An old boss of mine at WWOR *insisted* that we use only black ties,
> > > because they held up better under UV. Of what possible consequence
> > > that might be in an inside room with no windows I never did figure out.
> > >
> >
> > Boy, you guys are a tough crowd. This is the smallest circuit board
> > I've ever printed! The IR filter cap fits perfectly, it's wonderfully
> > slick looking, and you complain about the color scheme. *sigh*
> >
> > Well, to appease you interior designers... I switched it out for a
> > black ziptie, and I sharpied the board black. Pleased? :p
> >
> >
> http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/kleptophobiac/Electronics/finished-black.jpg
>
>
> It looks great!
>
> How will you be mounting it? Have you thought of using shrink-wrap cable
> tubing to cover up the board (so it doesn't short out if it hits the chassis
> of a computer or something)?
>
>  - Jeff

It won't short out. I double sticky taped it to a piece of wood in the
cabinet. It's very well camouflaged, and there's no exposed metal
anywhere in the vicinity. The tape is on one side of the IR filter and
the cable comes straight back.


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