I want to control a Robosapien robot from my PC. Thanks to the PIC list, I have the data codes for the various functions the Robosapien responds to, the carrier rate, the data packet format, and the baud rate.
However, I'd prefer not to have to "breadboard" something myself. Does anyone know of a vendor that makes a USB | serial port | etc. compatible device that will allow me to send Infrared codes? I know there are 'black box' items like the Spitfire 2, but units like that typically require you to put it in "learn" mode where you have to "teach" it every Infrared command the target remote is capable of. I don't want that, instead I want to format and transmit every aspect of the Infrared data stream myself. In addition, I don't know what the latency & triggering idiosyncrasies (if any) of what a unit like the Spitfire 2 may have.
If you are wondering why I still want a receiver, it's in case I need to "debug" the Robosapien remote's data stream myself. I don't care if the transmitter and receiver are separate products/items.
Any ideas/
Thanks.