[XSYLUS]

While it's more along the lines of a gadget/gimmick than an entirely practical idea, having an IR Blaster module to perform basic remote control functions like on/off, volume up/down/mute, channel up/down, etc would be fun.

[Neil Shah]

(01-28-2016, 07:17 AM)XSYLUS Wrote:  While it's more along the lines of a gadget/gimmick than an entirely practical idea, having an IR Blaster module to perform basic remote control functions like on/off, volume up/down/mute, channel up/down, etc would be fun.

IR Blaster is useful I have it on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, although I doubt you need a new module for that. The IR blaster is pretty tiny and could/should be incorporated on the core itself.

p.s It might be too late for that, this late into production. I am sure they could come up with a module with IR Blaster along with other similar smaller sensors on 1 module simply to save room.

[alphonsus]

(01-28-2016, 01:24 PM)Neil Shah Wrote:  

(01-28-2016, 07:17 AM)XSYLUS Wrote:  While it's more along the lines of a gadget/gimmick than an entirely practical idea, having an IR Blaster module to perform basic remote control functions like on/off, volume up/down/mute, channel up/down, etc would be fun.

IR Blaster is useful I have it on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, although I doubt you need a new module for that. The IR blaster is pretty tiny and could/should be incorporated on the core itself.

p.s It might be too late for that, this late into production. I am sure they could come up with a module with IR Blaster along with other similar smaller sensors on 1 module simply to save room.

Perhaps iintegrate with the button module. If the module could support more than one button you can dedicate one to e.g. power on/off

[Haratu]

I would love an IR blaster. My television and A/C are both IR and it would save me arguing about where the remotes are.

(01-30-2016, 01:07 AM)alphonsus Wrote:  Perhaps iintegrate with the button module. If the module could support more than one button you can dedicate one to e.g. power on/off

Personally I would consider integrating an IR blaster with a battery module, but putting in the button module might be easier

[Yousif]

(01-30-2016, 04:08 AM)Haratu Wrote:  I would love an IR blaster. My television and A/C are both IR and it would save me arguing about where the remotes are.

(01-30-2016, 01:07 AM)alphonsus Wrote:  Perhaps iintegrate with the button module. If the module could support more than one button you can dedicate one to e.g. power on/off

Personally I would consider integrating an IR blaster with a battery module, but putting in the button module might be easier

Maybe a battery module with an IR blaster and one without cause that would be a lot of IR blasters if you only had battery modules!

[Yousif]

I had an IR blaster on my Gear 2 - extremely useful

[Alessandro G.]

IMHO, there are two possible ways to make such a module. 1) A module with both an IR blaster and a receiver inside it, that could be programmed directly by the user but that would require too many components to cram anything else inside it; 2) A module with only the IR blaster inside it, which would require little components and might be made into a combo module with something else. Issue is, we would need either an external receiver (to be connected to a smartphone or a PC) to program commands for the blaster, or an IR commands archive like Logitech has for its Harmony devices.

[Heurazio]

I'm using Logitech Harmony devices since years. Can you cooperate with Logitech to get a Harmony module ?

[XiaoKe]

An IR blaster would be really cool and useful even if it was just for turning a TV off and on

[Peter]

It's extremely good for lazy people like me who don't even want to stand up to grab the remote control