Add an IR receiver to piCorePlayer
Add an IR receiver and setup a JustBoom IR remote.
- Today nearly every device is fitted with an IR remote, so why not a piCorePlayer?
- If your display has no touch or you do not want to control your device by a smartphone, an IR remote is very helpful.
What we need
- Raspberry Pi
- piCorePlayer 8 with Jivelite installed
- A running display connected to RPi
- An TSOP4838 or similar IR receiver like OS-0038N
- 3 jumper wires, female to bare wire
- Soldering iron, solder, some heat shrink tube
- A JustBoom IR remote
Info
TSOP4838 IR receivers are sold in differing designs!
Create a custom kernel IR keytable
Create keytables for IR remote.
- Today nearly every device is fitted with an IR remote, so why not piCorePlayer?
- If your display has no touch capability or you do not want to control your device by a smartphone, an IR remote can be very helpful.
- Since 4.19 linux kernel the original LIRC uinput drivers have been removed.
- We need to configure IR keytables to get IR remotes running with pCP.
- We use a cheap NEC Remote.
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