[mythtv-users] Homebrew PVR Multi-Circuit

[Xavier Hervy]

I will be great to be able to turn on the mythbox by pressing a key in 
remote, but it's only a dream :(

Xavier


Scott Pouliot wrote:

> Ditto...I would love something like this as well since I can only manage to
> burn my fingers with a soldering iron  ;-)
> 
> Scott
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of John Patrick Poet
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:42 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Homebrew PVR Multi-Circuit
> 
> 
> I agree.  I would love a board like this.
> 
> John
> --
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Charles Lavin wrote:
> 
> 
>>Are you kidding me.  Who wouldn't want one?  I wouldn't even limit
>>yourself to Myth or even Linux.  I built a homebrew receiver and
>>transmitter and had them both working in windows.  Any HTPC user would
>>love such an addition especially newbies.  I frequently read HTPC forums
>>(ie myHTPC, SageTV, HTPCNews, theGreenButton, shspvr, etc) and the
>>biggest problem for newbies getting setup is the remote control.  The
>>next biggest problem I see is how to control the cable box.  You can
>>kill two birds with one stone and even get a few more bells and whistles
>>to tinker with.  Prebuilt transmitter can get kind of expensive.  I
>>think I paid $30 for an Actisys IR Blaster.  I minored in Electrical
>>Engineering Technology and it took me quite a bit of time to put the
>>transmitter and receiver together.  I'd venture to guess that the
>>schematics would scare most people off.
>>
>>I'd buy one even though I got a 3 remote receivers(pvr-350, lola,
>>homebrew) and 2 transmitters(homebrew, Actisys).
>>
>>Damn good idea.  Wish I had the skills to pull something like that off.
>>On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 22:57, Steven White wrote:
>>
>>>I read some posts on toggling an LED to show system status and came up
>>>with something to dress up my MythTV box.  I'm designing a small circuit
>>>that integrates an IR receiver, IR transmitter, status LEDs, and a 2
>>>line LCD into one small pc board.  LCD messages would be sent via a
>>>serial message protocol (hopefully using the same COM port as the one
>>>used for LIRC..can this be done since I'd only need the TX and RX
>>>lines???).  Any message could be sent to the display, such as "Now
>>>Playing: The Simpsons" or "Recording: The Sopranos".  The status LEDs
>>>could be turned on and off via a serial message also.  The IR
>>>transmitter LED(s) and status LED(s) could be remotely mounted from the
>>>board.  Power would be drawn from a hard drive power supply connector.
>>>The LCD would be optional and autodetected by the onboard
>>>microcontroller.  The goal of all of this is to combine all of the
>>>hardware needed for a homebrew PVR into one pcb board to make things
>>>neat and easy for people who don't have any soldering or electronics
>>>experience.  If there is enough interest, I can have a batch made after
>>>the prototypes are tested (I own an electrical engineering business).
>>>MythTV developers would get free sample boards if these things get
>>>popular enough to be supported in the project.  Does this sound like
>>>something useful?  Does anyone else have a wishlist for their MythTV
> 
> box?
> 
>>>Thanks,
>>>Steve
>>>
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