In the following lessons, you will learn how to control your Arduino application with an infrared remote
control that you have now just finished the sections on the ultrasonic sensor and the LCD display screen,
those two components, the first being a sensor and the signal being an actuator, allow you to create
more complex applications.
You can now get the distance from an obstacle or a wall and also add visual information with text,
which is super useful.
Now we are going to focus on the infrared remote control and the setup will contain an infrared receiver
and a remote controller sending, of course, infrared signals.
This controller is very similar to the controllers you use in everyday life.
So we are going to use the remote controller from the starter kit.
But later on, you will also be able to use other TV controller directly with your original application.
During the following lessons, I will show you how to set up your Arduino secret and then you will discover
how to get which button was pressed by the user.
You will learn how to map buttons with your code to use any remote controller, and you will then be
able to execute actions depending on the button which was pressed.
This is really nice and we increase a lot the number of applications that you can create.
Now let's get started.