Building an IR receiver for the popcorn hour c-200
posted Oct 5th 2009 8:00am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: pcs hacks, peripherals hacks
[Linuxworks] has posted a writeup on how to build an IR module for the popcorn hour c-200. We weren’t familiar with the popcorn hour c-200, so we had to look it up. It seems to be a media center pc sort of thing. We’re not reviewing the unit itself, since we’ve never used one, so we’ll just get back to the mod. The device uses an RF remote, which some people didn’t like as much. Luckily it has an expansion port which can be utilized to get IR signals into the machine. [Linuxworks] has used a cheap IR sensor and a standard headphone plug. He notes that equipment passing power through these plugs should be turned off before plugging them in or removing them as they short momentarily during insertion.
Why would anyone not like rf (other than it doesn’t accept your universal remote signal…)
The popcorn hour is an AWESOME ‘cheap’ htpc option. it’s a much more refined all in one box than the made-in-china ones you get from places like dealextreme.