I am trying to build a 38 kHz IR controller for an RC helicopter. Would you know the best way to do this? I successfully controlled the helicopter with an Arduino.
Hi :) I’m not sure what that “one" would be. There are different circuits in the video, and the early ones are pretty visible. The last example, once it goes to software on a microcontroller, it’s customised to a particular device it’s controlling, which I only know how to talk to through other investigation. That part would be difficult to make generic for everyone.
Hi :) A 555 can definitely set up to oscillate at the 36kHz to modulate an IR LED so you could see the output with a receiver module if you’re talking about the first part. I was going to use a 555 circuit for the second part with the 1 second flashing, but didn’t have one handy.
Brek Martin Im definately gonna build this with a 555 timer, thing is, im moving to singapore, and all my stuff is already packed :( . Thanks for that slayer exciter audio modulation totourial, I got mine to work, and I even had a singing arc from 24 volts!!! The only difference in my design was that I use tip31c, which is basically a more powerful verison of the mje3055t, and has a breakdown voltage of 100 volts versus the 80 volts of the mje3055t. Also, the reason I had to run my slayer exciter on 24 volts to get breakout was that I put 750ish turns on my secondary instead of the 1280 as was recommended. This is one of the cases where there is litterally no pain-no gain :P. Still thanks for the awesome vid! As soon as Ill get to singapore, im gonna make a bigger secondary with 1400 turns, and im gonna try to run it off 80 volts! And maybe put a special high voltage transistor with similar currents specs (8amps), and Im gonna try to run it off RECTIFIED F@CING MAINS!!! It will be awesome!!! Im expecting sparks of 30+cm lenght!!! If I get it to work ill definatley send you a link, but right now im in Kamenka Russia :P. Still, thanks for the awesome vids! Also, btw, do you know any way to prevent stray voltages on the the primary of the transformer? Should I maybe use a MOV?
Nice going :) I’m using 2N3055 (60V) in TO-3 package and big heatsink now. It can run continuously with 36V (3xSLA batteries), but if I add a fourth battery it lasts only a short time. I still want to make a nice Slayer exciter driver to show lighting gas tubes without the noise of the spark gap one.
Brek Martin 60 volts is a very low breakdown value, I tried using a 70 volt 1.5amp bd139 darlington npn transistor, and when I tried pulling arcs from it with a grounded chicken-stick, it exploded like a nuke and sent a 200gram heatsink almost 15cm into the air!!! It scared the crap out of me and I almost had an electrical fire in my room!!!! It made burn marks on oak wood and even melted the breadboard, and all of this from 30volts!!!! The tip31c npn darlington worked much better and it did not detonated and from 24 volts, I was pulling 1.5cm arcs and I had around 1cm breakout. Im also gonna try making a pnp transistor variant thje slayer exciter and when im gonna runmy design off rectified mains, im gonna use a very high power darlington transistor, maybe even a mosfet with a driver circuit. Also, im gonna try to make this circuit with a tip142 high power darlington transistor. And maybe some high voltage high transistor,maybe a darlington, like the pnp tip147 or maybe using the tip132c , which is a pnp version of the tip31c npn darlington transistor I used.
Infrared is just another range of the electromagnetic spectrum, just a bit lower than our visible red. I don’t know much about IR cameras, but I guess that area is also where heat lives, or at least IR is present as well. If something is hot enough it glows visible colours. Red, then orange, through yellow, to blue, to white.
Do you ever flash EPROMs (or CPLD etc) using a raspberry Pi GPIO (any model be it a 3 or a zero etc)? In the comments here, I've suggested it to youtuber Agent24: th-cam.com/video/mgHElmB9okQ/w-d-xo.html And also, considering a flirc is often used just for the IR, can a bluetooth dongle and your IR thingy you've made be cobbled together to make one, or at least one that will run the wii-remote (since its drivers for example are in the linux kernel since for ages)? Of course, your gadget prioritising amiga is definitely an awesome priority. I would also like to tangent my comment further by reckoning that having some sort of parallel bluetooth dongle (remember those? Awesome things!) for the amiga (be it joystick port or serial or parallel or all 3) in conjunction with your IR gadget (even if the IEEE on the m680x0 is piss weak) could trickle through just enough data to get a wii-remote (or wiimote nunchuck whatever) and trick the amiga into thinking a gravis flightstick or steering wheel was installed (like this th-cam.com/video/UqrYVW2xZKA/w-d-xo.html nunchuk64 by bwack).
I don’t know if you mean mumbling, or the actual words used? For the former, I’ve already started yelling a bit in videos. It maybe helps. If it’s the latter, I don’t know where the traffic for this video comes from, it’s an unusual one, but I don’t aim very many at beginners, and assume a certain level of proficiency with either programming or electronics. The few that are aimed at beginners get the views, but it’s just not what I’m interested in.
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I am trying to build a 38 kHz IR controller for an RC helicopter. Would you know the best way to do this? I successfully controlled the helicopter with an Arduino.
Nice sharing... Would it not bd nicer if you make one from scratch for your fans?
Hi :) I’m not sure what that “one" would be. There are different circuits in the video, and the early ones are pretty visible. The last example, once it goes to software on a microcontroller, it’s customised to a particular device it’s controlling, which I only know how to talk to through other investigation. That part would be difficult to make generic for everyone.
Awesome dude! Very nice channel, can I make this using a 555 timer?
Hi :) A 555 can definitely set up to oscillate at the 36kHz to modulate an IR LED so you could see the output with a receiver module if you’re talking about the first part. I was going to use a 555 circuit for the second part with the 1 second flashing, but didn’t have one handy.
Brek Martin Im definately gonna build this with a 555 timer, thing is, im moving to singapore, and all my stuff is already packed :( . Thanks for that slayer exciter audio modulation totourial, I got mine to work, and I even had a singing arc from 24 volts!!! The only difference in my design was that I use tip31c, which is basically a more powerful verison of the mje3055t, and has a breakdown voltage of 100 volts versus the 80 volts of the mje3055t. Also, the reason I had to run my slayer exciter on 24 volts to get breakout was that I put 750ish turns on my secondary instead of the 1280 as was recommended. This is one of the cases where there is litterally no pain-no gain :P. Still thanks for the awesome vid! As soon as Ill get to singapore, im gonna make a bigger secondary with 1400 turns, and im gonna try to run it off 80 volts! And maybe put a special high voltage transistor with similar currents specs (8amps), and Im gonna try to run it off RECTIFIED F@CING MAINS!!! It will be awesome!!! Im expecting sparks of 30+cm lenght!!! If I get it to work ill definatley send you a link, but right now im in Kamenka Russia :P. Still, thanks for the awesome vids! Also, btw, do you know any way to prevent stray voltages on the the primary of the transformer? Should I maybe use a MOV?
Nice going :) I’m using 2N3055 (60V) in TO-3 package and big heatsink now. It can run continuously with 36V (3xSLA batteries), but if I add a fourth battery it lasts only a short time. I still want to make a nice Slayer exciter driver to show lighting gas tubes without the noise of the spark gap one.
Brek Martin 60 volts is a very low breakdown value, I tried using a 70 volt 1.5amp bd139 darlington npn transistor, and when I tried pulling arcs from it with a grounded chicken-stick, it exploded like a nuke and sent a 200gram heatsink almost 15cm into the air!!! It scared the crap out of me and I almost had an electrical fire in my room!!!! It made burn marks on oak wood and even melted the breadboard, and all of this from 30volts!!!! The tip31c npn darlington worked much better and it did not detonated and from 24 volts, I was pulling 1.5cm arcs and I had around 1cm breakout. Im also gonna try making a pnp transistor variant thje slayer exciter and when im gonna runmy design off rectified mains, im gonna use a very high power darlington transistor, maybe even a mosfet with a driver circuit. Also, im gonna try to make this circuit with a tip142 high power darlington transistor. And maybe some high voltage high transistor,maybe a darlington, like the pnp tip147 or maybe using the tip132c , which is a pnp version of the tip31c npn darlington transistor I used.
do you have ir schematics for ac indoor system ?..if you do ,would share it?..thanx before..👍👍
I am new this. what i want is to make an ir transmitter to a varying voltage input and detect it using ir receiver. Is it possible??
Great video. It is refreshing to not have to sit through the children's version.
I have a very old, irreplaceable bed remote. Light broke.....how do I know what infrared bulb to buy and steps to replace.
It, the transmitter, is not transmitting heat - is it? When I think of infrared I think of heat radiation. I don't understand.
Infrared is just another range of the electromagnetic spectrum, just a bit lower than our visible red. I don’t know much about IR cameras, but I guess that area is also where heat lives, or at least IR is present as well. If something is hot enough it glows visible colours. Red, then orange, through yellow, to blue, to white.
i wish i could do what you can do
plz the schema of the first
Can i use a receiver as a sender?
Do you ever flash EPROMs (or CPLD etc) using a raspberry Pi GPIO (any model be it a 3 or a zero etc)?
In the comments here, I've suggested it to youtuber Agent24: th-cam.com/video/mgHElmB9okQ/w-d-xo.html
And also, considering a flirc is often used just for the IR, can a bluetooth dongle and your IR thingy you've made be cobbled together to make one, or at least one that will run the wii-remote (since its drivers for example are in the linux kernel since for ages)? Of course, your gadget prioritising amiga is definitely an awesome priority.
I would also like to tangent my comment further by reckoning that having some sort of parallel bluetooth dongle (remember those? Awesome things!) for the amiga (be it joystick port or serial or parallel or all 3) in conjunction with your IR gadget (even if the IEEE on the m680x0 is piss weak) could trickle through just enough data to get a wii-remote (or wiimote nunchuck whatever) and trick the amiga into thinking a gravis flightstick or steering wheel was installed (like this th-cam.com/video/UqrYVW2xZKA/w-d-xo.html nunchuk64 by bwack).
Amigao faz um adaptador bluetooth
I ve got to 1.16 and I havent understood a word.
I don’t know if you mean mumbling, or the actual words used? For the former, I’ve already started yelling a bit in videos. It maybe helps. If it’s the latter, I don’t know where the traffic for this video comes from, it’s an unusual one, but I don’t aim very many at beginners, and assume a certain level of proficiency with either programming or electronics. The few that are aimed at beginners get the views, but it’s just not what I’m interested in.
max distance?
I guess it would depend how the LED was driven. I didn’t test it out of a room, but did reflect off walls, etc.
ur use of the word BASIC is very different than mine.....no idea if this is good or bad...way above my low flying head
kenny ball It's written in BASIC :D I'm not the right guy to do the real basics, it assumes you're familiar your microcontroller of choice.
no mate....this is all well new to me....I hav trouble lighting leds with an IR controler....so sad but true....but we are here to learn
it seems like vids are for ppl in sophmore year of electronics engineering lol
This absolutely does not work. With an aussie accent, could you please try a German accent, thanks.
Ja, you can ask ChatGTP to translate it to Deuch style text, mein Freund! 🇩🇪