How big can we make Ralfy's remote control?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2020
- My brother Ralfy uses a remote to start and stop his camera when he's filming for his channel:-
/ ralfystuff
The conductive ink contacts on his remote were causing problems, so I fixed one of his remotes and offered to turn the other one into something a bit bigger. I didn't say HOW big though.
A few things went wrong along the way, but that happens. Initially I thought it wasn't working, but it seems to just put out a single burst of IR code for each press.
Update:- Ralfy loves his new monster-sized remote. It seems to work fine.
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This also keeps the channel independent of TH-cam's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
A propos of nothing, I've been watching both your and Ralfy's channels for many years. I will never understand how it took me literally years to make the connection between you two. You guys occasionally reference one another and the Isle of Man, but it wasn't until a Christmas or New Year video some time back that I saw you together, spat out my tea and went "no fucking way". You guys really are quite an extraordinary couple of siblings. A whisky expert motorcycle champion archaeologist undertaker and a light engineer electrician technician programmer designer extraordinaire. I don't know why I'm writing this, I guess I just feel you should know there are people out there who really appreciate and admire you guys. Oh, and your video about how you took care of your mother with Alzheimer's moved me to tears. That's all. Best wishes from Belgium
*stands up, clapping* Bravo!!! Well said.
Then you must have missed a lot of the videos where he mentioned that he's his brother
I only made the connection on Ralfy's episode 666 when he invited Clive on to test cheap drink...I think.
☹️ - 🤬
Well said monsieur doggy, well said... (I had to look up Zenneke/Zinneke to see who or what it was, highly amusing to learn of your pissing statues!) I like that I come here and learn from both Clive and other subscribers alike :)
I wanna see the result with him. Reaction and him using it and everything.
You can see it in action in his most recent video
@@pyromen321 link please?
Here is the link.
th-cam.com/video/5lyHRt38-wk/w-d-xo.html
@@mgcamp85 that was 2 days ago and its still working in his latest video, at the end of the video he has a little count down to the click but you might be annoyed with it if you are ocd like me.
th-cam.com/video/Mf_QU9EmvzY/w-d-xo.html
@@mgcamp85 I watched it. I understand the words, but I don't understand the sentences.
"One LED is not enough." Words to live by.
The gaming PC market really ran with that theory. ;)
Arcade button: I only have one LED.
Clive: One LED is not enough.
Arcade button: Foolish sentiment.
Clive: Family motto.
An illuminating comment.
Coincidentally, what you did here is what people in the Occupational Therapy field refer to as "switch adapting" a device. It when somebody, due to physical limitations due to injury/disability/aging/etc, can't hit a button or switch, they wire in a better suited switch or a 3.5mm audio jack for use with existing accessibility switches. I guess it also works well for being a smartass to your sibling! lol Nice project, Clive!
Yes. I saw this and thought it was like our big red button replacement for the pendant alarm service. It has given me ideas about adapting other things to make them easier to operate
It's also pretty useful for cheaply automating a remote with relays
I love these signs in places:
AUTOMATIC DOOR
press button to open. - In other words, it's not automatic !
@@millomweb The door is still automatic tho, it's just they replaced a sensor with a switch usually for access control. I think you'd call it a trigger switch ... Trigger, or triggered I guess we will find out. 🤣
I haven't even viewed the video yet (I will in just a moment) - but had to say "I giggled out loud just reading the title and seeing the thumbnail". I love the interaction between "Clivy" and "Ralfy" - best brothers ever! The video will, no doubt, be ferociously entertaining!
You should have included a speaker and a circuit that makes an almighty farting noise.
Maybe linked to an air horn ??))))))
this is comedy
A true sign of that special Scottish brotherly love... ;-)
Nah, a random chance to make a "Idiot" or whatever they call each other. Like 1 in 100 chance.
"Press Hello IDIOT everybody- what"
You need to use the front camera on an iPhone, iPad, ... to see infrared light, the rear ones have a filter so they don’t pick it up :)
I must admit, I had a good chuckle at the µPaul of flux!
1 litre of flux would be a µLouis, wouldn't it? 🤷♂️
For uninitiated, this is a reference to Louis Rossmann channel, where Louis makes fun of the best repair technician, that Paul uses too much flux
@@jacekjagosz ...while many viewers complain that Louis drowns his boards in flux...
"I've actually just wiped the pad right off. Excellent!"
You have no idea how many times I've done that and it has ruined a device... Still funny tho.
23:34
Oh no, why put the battery holder in the lower part of the case?
Looks like it would have fitted in the top next to the switch.
I hate it when I open a case and the two halves are inseperable because of a few tiny wires.
Amen! I was screaming at the screen the whole time.
And said wires are of course far too short to flap the thing open 😒
Brotherly love necessitates in goes in the bottom case. If he was building it for himself, he would have put it on the top next to the switch or made it accessible without having to remove the four screws. 😁
I'd say Clive built the whole thing upside-down.... Could have been all built into the box, and have the fixings for the lid underneath for a neater finish 🤔
The problem with mounting it on the lid is that the double-sided tape will let go in time. Gravity helps hold it if it is in the base. I'd have preferred it to be flat on the bottom for this reason. Better yet, mount it on the lid with better fixings!
I remember jingling your house keys would change the channels on my granny & grandpa's TV.
And jingle change in your pocket, much to everyones annoyance 🤣
🤣 Ace, thanks for sharing
I’m glad to see the Paul unit of flux being used 👍
22:10 I'm glad I'm not the only person in the world who realizes that scoring a surface helps glue and tape stick. This has helped me many a time, making arrows for archery, putting cable guides in my car for a dashcam....
You have such a nice high-quality printer, as well as such great focus. I’m always blown away how Professional and clean they look when you blow stuff up.
Maybe a macro lens
Clive is definitely good and blowing things up!
No where near a Louis Rossmann amount of flux applied.
It amazing how much he uses! Swimming in flux.
To be fair to Louis, while he does use a fair amount of flux for sure (and sometimes clearly enjoys how it triggers some people), most of his videos are shot under microscope, so it's not nearly as much flux as it might seem on camera. In fact I'd say Clive used a fairly similar amount here.
Well, he did mention only using a microPaul of flux after all
Louis sells flux on his site so the more his users sees him use the more they think they are supposed to use. See where that goes?
how much money he makes on youtube would cover is flux bill just fine
"Watching glue dry is never fun."
Unless if you wanna stick around though..
Ewww that was nasty😂
Clearly this needs a safety interlock as well.
Like one of those old aircraft movies when they flip up the red switch cover in order to launch the missile?
Personally I much prefer the 2-key/2 man launch interdiction and confirmation protocol. Clive and Ralfy are the only key holders.
@@DisheveledSuccess I can just see that now. Ralfy with a scotch and Clive with a dark n stormy. Russians beware!
@@johnpossum556 Pffft I mean gotta fulfill the biometric requirement!! Exhale Forcefully into pnuematic security checker and twist your keys! 3...2...1...BIG CLIIIIIIIIIVE DOOOOOOOOT COM!!!! lmao
SAF SPAAAAACE FORCE ORBIT PERSON: Sir our live feed over the Isle has detected a sat launch on course for stable orbit along Latitude -4.463196
USAAF SPACE FORCE COMMANDER: Dear GOD the pencil pushers said they were years away.... Hey wait.... What's that signal coming from it??
USAF SPAAAAACE FORCE ORBIT PERSON: **Slowly takes off headset and steps away muttering about peaty, contemporary whiskeys***
USAAF SPACE FORCE COMMANDER: ** Visibly stunned, shaking hands place silicone bud to ear ** "raLFYSTuff...RallFYSTuff...RAlfysUFF!!....ralfystuff...I LIKE WHISSSKEY AND bike RACES...."
Wrong lever kronk!
Another term learned: "Hit-and-run soldering".🤣
Keep it up, Clive! 😉
This is so crazy, years ago I was recommended Ralfy's channel out of the blue and I'm not someone who drinks liquor but I loved his channel and subscribed because he was such a joy to listen to! Now here I was recommended Clive's channel out of the blue. I have never worked with electronics or done anything like this in my life but I subscribed because you're such a joy to listen to. And now I find out you're both related! Blew my mind! 😂 You guys are great!
Enjoying a good malt as much as I enjoy technology. I watched the pair of you for a while until I learnt you two are brothers. My mind was blown that day.
Was waiting for your build video. Ralfy's been showing off the finished product lately. Even better was his rant on the old remotes.
Very good, and it works, as I have watched the video where it gets used.
Having Ralph going in the background while I work on a cad design is like having a mate in the room for company, as with what he is on about one only has to be listening.
You are two good fellas.
Reading the title, I was hoping for something that remotely-controlled Ralfy. Press the button and he takes a sip of whiskey.
Then I realized that type of remote control would have been completely redundant.
Saw the debut in Ralfy review 834 Ledaig 18yrOld, christened it the 'X Clicker' and I quote him 'made by my brother who's got an big electronics review, tear down and NONESENSE Channel'... (0.51 in). That Bonnett of his needs flaming a bit more, 'Nonsense Channel', older brothers for you....add some Fluorescein to his favourite Malt....
You are so fortunate that you get along so well with your brother.
Yeah, I'm blessed with the same. But on the other hand, he lives on the other (southern) hemisphere - that may do the trick 😁
Just want to say I watch a lot of your stuff and understand more with every video, but this was the most enjoyable entertaining and impressive video I have yet seen. Thank you.
I like your brother and his schmancy magnifying glass. Thank you for introducing us. Makes me happy you're brotherly with your brother.
It's such fun to watch you work/get distracted/and then get back to it. 🙂👍
Ralphy uses a weird and century-long outdated term? So surprising.
He's a complete technophobe.
That's a bit HAL9000 and needs the LED :)
Adafruit sells the buttons, and listed a HAL 9000 panel as a project for it. :) learn.adafruit.com/hal-9000-replica/overview
@@bonivuselderheart2716 :-o
ha. I was at 7:20 of the video and I started searching for this comment
@@martinrocket1436 me too
Hammond makes cadd files and stl files available for most of their boxes. Thanks for all you do, Clive
It's the little things like saying 'Chav!' and cutting the wire at 14:06 that make these videos so fun to watch.
I think he was actually saying "Chop" in a funny voice?
Great project Clive...and now I found your brothers channel..also great.
Wow I follow both of you on TH-cam because of my love of electronics and whisky but never realized you guys were brother's!
This is fantastic. Very enjoyable and helpful project.
We sometimes still call TV remotes "clickers" here in the US, the term just stuck.
Here in the Netherlands a 'clicker' would be the remote you use to go to the next slide when you're giving a presentation
So now I'm following Ralfy and have acquired a bottle of his recommended whiskey of 2020. He is a good man.
Watching your videos is like watching the inside of my head 😂 love it. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
"One Paul of flux on this one"
That's a Rossmann reference if I've ever heard one
As soon as I heard that I went looking through the comments to see if someone noticed the reference, Thank You sooo much.
Would that be one paul daniels.
14:26
Clive: The joy of TH-cam, freedom of viewing control.
TH-cam: We'll bringing you the mid-roll ads you needed so badly!!
I've got TH-cam premium... No ads lol
Re: clickers. Back in the 1960s, when I was a kid, we got our first color TV. It had a round TV tube with the top and bottom masked off, but it was a big thing for us 'cause we could watch Bonanza in color. It had a sonic remote control (it was also the first TV we had with a remote) but, being a fancy one, it had an electronic unit instead of a clicker. The clickers on cheap sets used a tuning fork and a spring-loaded hammer to make a click of just the right frequency to change channels and turn up the sound. Turn up, but not down, as after it went up maybe 3 or 4 times it would drop to zero in the next click. You wound up the hammer when you pushed the button, a little like pulling the trigger on a double action revolver. Ours, being a fancier electronic unit, also allowed controlling brightness, color, and tint, and volume went both up and down. The problem with it, apart from having to replace batteries (carbon/zinc of a special, and expensive, size) frequently, was that sometimes, when you opened the sliding glass door in the living room, the sound of the door would change the channel.
I have one of those cheap, $10 transistor tester devices that also detects and shows IR remote codes. I’ve only used it once for an IR remote control, but it was very useful to have around.
With these I always add a decoupling capacitor for the IC, so that your battery life is prolonged. I tend to look on the "boards no longer functional" pile for a small SMD tantalum capacitor that will fit in the space, trying for around 10-22uF 16V or 25V capacitor, and solder it in appropriate places. That way the tiny little cells will still operate for a long time, till the internal resistance is so high that the IC cannot transmit any more. They last for months longer in use.
This just made my day. I enjoy electronics and whisky. Now I have another channel to watch!
oh my god wtf I watched Ralfy years ago, then moved to watching bigclive and this entire time I never realised that Ralfy is the malty review man
Poundland: *exists*
Clive: *I'll take your entire stock!*
Yes, I was just thinking if I just had a Penny every time Clive says "Poundland" 💰
Good thing he's quite some way from Ashens, I feel like either of them needs quite a big territory to hunt for Poundlands.
@@rolfs2165 now there's a video- watch as these 2 hunt for Poundland deals- and each other- in the wilds of Britain. No holds barred action, tat, and drama!
Poundland really should be paying Clive a royalty.
@@rolfs2165 They definitely should collab though.
Poor show....
19" rack mount switch or go home :)
Two favourite TH-cam channels..... My thick skull never realised you were brothers!!
It's not easy to make the connection. We're very different.
'Do you really want to see me screwing up? Yes, you do.' - you know your audience so well.
Our first colour TV [1977] had a remote that worked by sending an ultrasonic signal. I found that cats could hear it, and they didn't like the sound. They would jump up, startled by the sudden burst of 'invisible' noise. It would probably have worked for dogs too, but there were none about near me back then. There were three buttons 'On/Vol up', 'Vol down/Off', and 'Next channel'. Hitting the buttons like a crazed trumpet player had the best effect on the cats. Sadly, batteries left in the remote ruined it when they leaked.
About a year ago my brother and I were talking about TH-cam and what channels we watch. A bit later he said "wait, is that electronics guy from Isle of Man?" It turns out he'd been a long time watcher of Ralfy.
Completely random question: When you designed your logo, did you intent it to look like the outline of a cartoon flying saucer, or was that just a happy coincidence? ;-)
Reminds me of the firing switch I made for rocket launches. Got a commercial big red button (emergency stop button from industrial equipment)and the safety key switch from a garbage compactor and put them on a big box (about 4" x 6" x 3") and wiring going to the battery with big clips as well as a run of about 20' to the pad.
Wow I've watched videos from both your channels for years and had no idea you were related. Mind blown.
I LOVE the SMALL button you made. I'm writing this b4 u updated with Ralfy's response if it works r not, but I don't often see a project of urs fail.
Another comment thread linked to this th-cam.com/video/5lyHRt38-wk/w-d-xo.html
A video where Ralfy at the start has the button in frame and talks a bit about it and then he later again at the end of the video.
Reminds me of fixing my parents late 80's TV remote in the mid 90's - they were always loosing it and breaking it. I built a 6" x 3" x 2" steel box. I put a Telephone clicky (like an early computer) keypad on top, some tactile switches on the side for volume and a stainless steel foot switch for the on off. The on off required two tumbs to operate and solved the problem of hitting the switch by accident. The large box let me run it on C cells instead of the AAA that only lasted a month. Remote ooutlasted the TV!..Oh it weighed 500g (a pound)
The was a U.S. company Zenith Radio, that made "clickers" with no electronics. They had small bits of metal tuning forks that were tuned for various ultrasonic frequencies, around 40 KHz, when you pressed a button, it would spring and force the tuning fork to vibrate. There were up to 6 different forks from around 38 to 44 KHz. The receiver had 6 different tuned circuit to detect each frequency, they were spaced about 500 Hz apart.
I saw him using it! It's amazing! 😃👍
Yes, the pens in fibreglass. Great for removing the solder resist on PCBs for repair, and also great for getting small fragments of fibreglass stuck in your fingers too. Very annoying when that happens.
Speaking of a "clicker", my grandma had an old TV remote that had two bells in it with different pitches, so one changed the channel and the other changed the volume or something. Or maybe it switched between VHF and UHF, I can't remember.
I also remember seeing the movie UHF on an old TV, and it was on channel 9, which was a VHF channel.
11:45 "I'm gonna put at least one micro-Paul of flux on this"
Was that a Loius Rossmann reference?
Yes, and a very good one too
Nice one big man my knowledge of the dark art is brightening up , love your explanations 😊
I came here to see how Ralfy’s big red clicker was made. I honestly thought it was a joke and the clicker didn’t work or wasn’t real. I was so wrong. Awesome video! Ralfy has a pretty cool and talented brother. 😃
I remember our first telly as a kid...you could change channels with a handful of pennies. It was a JVC and used, I presume, ultrasonic instead of infrared.
Slinky Spring did it for ours.
I saw a tiny red flash at the end there when ya held it up to the camera. Should be good to go. Good luck though, when time comes to swap the batteries out again. I've got a few of those cheap LED string-2 x AA battery boxes too. Cheers Clive!
Seriously Clive that is fantastic, I love the retro bulkiness of it compared to the tiny original, Ralph will have to be damn clever, or messy, to lose that bugger, sadly it won't fit into his camera pack or pocket anymore, I would love a garage door clicker on that scale, I would never lose my keys again.
I knew a fellow who worked as the lead tech in a Network Operations Center for a Telecom. Near the exit door of the server room were two large buttons of the sort you have there which he called "clown buttons" for obvious reasons. One on the right, which was yellow, opened the door; and one on the left, which set off the Halon fire protections system for the server room. This presented a problem because periodically visitors from the corporate office would come and visit the NOC and after their visit would, upon exiting, sometimes press the wrong button, setting off the fire protection system and cutting the power to the building and filling the room with unbreathable Halon gas forcing everyone in the room to have to leave quickly and stay out until the gas dissipated. Naturally this caused some red faces, either from embarrassment or from anger. Having happened once too often, a solution was found. The red button was encased in a clear plastic box with a spring loaded door on it that makes a piercing sound when opened to deter people from opening the box and pressing the button, unless there is an actual fire. The solution worked well and most people have learned not to open the button box anymore, however, he said that once in a great while someone is still determined to press the big red button undeterred by the screeching door on the box and again fills the room with Halon. C'est la vie. :)
I just tried your camera trick with my cell phone and and a remote for a lamp I have and it worked. NEATO!
Ray Ceeya My iPhone must have an IR filter.
@@OC35 I've tried this in a class as a demonstration and it didn't seem to work for those with iPhones.
Yes real good cameras have an IR filter. So that outside photos in the bright sun come out with good color. Even my security camera has an IR filter that automatically flips into place during daytime so has good color. Then at night it flips out of way so IR light can give it night vision.
@@Robert-Wilson Well there must be a reason my Motorola only cost $165. Does what I need it to do though. Also came with a nice free audio cable for the built in phono jack.
Please make more videos like this. I love them! :)
Hello, Clive. At 02:37, that enlargement of the circuit, with the yellowish parts, looks like abstract art, or a Brian Eno record sleeve. It's kind of beautiful, detached from it's original purpose.
Arent you a good brother!. love your work.
“Hello Clive - yeh its Ralphy , I cant find my new Remote! “ 😬
Such is brotherly love........
i want to see Ralphs face when you hand him that baby lol
I've seen a remote control that looked like it had a set of pipes inside; I guess it was a (near) ultrasonic bell set. But the first remote controls used a flashlight and light sensors arranged in the corners around the TV. Aim at the corner for channel or volume.
1. Try using your cellphone to detect IR LEDs... Usually works...
2. Try putting a scope across the LED leads to see if there's burst of coded signals from the board...
3. You might want to install a larger IR LED to get better coverage & range...
I share your enthusiasm for decorative LED projects and your taste in over the top camera controls. I like to build my audio projects into carved Indian seesham wood boxes with jeweled drawer knobs to operate the potentiometers. Piss-elegance at its best. (The box needs to be lined with foil and grounded to reduce hum.)
13:53 Kids, if you're fairly new to handling a soldering iron, don't do what Big Clive does here and desolder a wire from a metal contact you're holding on to. Put the contact in a third hand tool, put tension on the wire with one hand and only then melt the solder with the solering iron.
I learned this the hard way back in the early 80's. Let my experience serve to stop you from hurting yourself.
Thankfully Clive did a tutorial on how to properly solder in a previous video: th-cam.com/video/nXkOxP5hka4/w-d-xo.html
@bigclivedotcom I use the same remote for my camera, theres a switch on the back to change between video and still shot, you might need to add a second switch so that he can still use that option.
IR filters on smartphone cams have gotten a lot better over the past few years. My old iPhone could clearly see the matrix of IR dots that the Kinect's laser projected when it was running, but my new Samsung phone can't at all. It can barely see the laser when it's aimed straight at it.
A friends parents had a TV with a "clicker" type remote control in the 1970s. We found that moths would respond to the clicker by taking evasive action, I presume they interpreted the sound as bat ultrasonic signals.
When the original Metal Slinky Spring was a thing, we found that when "juggled" it would emit the correct frequency to change the channel.. Hours of fun before the parents sussed us..
I had a batch of those illuminated buttons that had a virtually opaque disc of plastic in so were crap. Supplier replaced them with ones with better diffusers.
"that's pretty damn good, i must say. well, it's not. but it's pretty damn good."
this feel, i know it so well
Regarding sticking tape on plastics: This kind of plastics (Polypropylene, polyethylene, etc) does not have a plastifier in it that makes it hard to glue - they are genuinely hard to glue by themselves in their molecular composition. Mechanically scratching it works independent of that, of course.
Watching Clive splooge on camera. What a wonderful way to end my evening. 11:40
Very well done. Only thing I'd add is some strain relief, however it's easy enough to blame him if he breaks a solder connection.
If I remember correctly from many years ago working at a large distributor as an engineer, the IR remote control chips were way cheaper than any microcontroller. At the time there were not many cheaper than about £0.50 in volume but the IR chips were £0.08. If the same ratio has been maintained then the IR chips will be down to about £0.01 at most, as you can get some very simple microcontrollers from the likes of LCSC for less than £0.10.
Adhesives on plastic can be tricky. Had a windshield washer tank(plastic) develop a crack and to fix it I used a special kit with an epoxy specifically formulated to bond to the plastic of the tank. Nothing else seemed to get a good bond, but this stuff really seemed to stick with a vengeance. The downside was that it was really more expensive than I could have predicted but at least it worked well.
Haha! Hit and run soldering, i love it!
Great video!
Just seen Ralfy's latest, and the clicker works.
IR blasters put out timed pulses (kinda Morse-code-y) that have to match a sequence in the receiving device to be recognized. Different manufacturers and devices use different codes for each function, and they don't overlap. Pretty sure you can find databases of the different code sets used by different devices online, if you ever want to try building a custom universal remote.
i dont feel so bad wasting time on my projects that didnt work, thanks Clive!
Keep calm and soldier on, Clive. Keep calm and soldier on.
I am a big fan of the Big Clive Soldering Method (TM).
i wounder if you could use the ir led inside the button. my old dlp tv had the receiver beside the projector lens inside the screen. it was pretty awesome, anywhere you could see the picture the remote would work.
I'd like to have seen Ralfy's reaction when you presented him with his new and improved "clicker"!
The twist in the wire is an interesting thing to me, I have always been used to a clockwise twist in all the wire I found here in America, although as of late I have been installing a bunch of Erickson equipment that comes with your European blue brown green and yellow wire and it all has a counter-clockwise twist. It trips me up all the time because I am in such a habit of twisting in a clockwise Direction and I wind up I'm doing the factory twist in the Ericsson power cable
This comes close to Chris's button in the "abroad in japan" channel, that he put in his new Honda. "What driving in japan is really like" about 06:50. Just that he had a flashing base.
A flash from the past.
I had a tv and VHS machine that both had remotes that were connected with cable to the devices they controlled.
I had a good chuckle when Ralph pulled out that button