Lesson 14 IR Receiver Module and IR Remote

A beginner's guide to the Most Complete Starter Kit by Elegoo. Lesson 14 – IR Receiver Module

Hello everyone, I'm Rick the Tech Enthusiast here with the next Lesson number 14 “IR Receiver Module”. This is the next lesson on my Arduino UNO Series covering the Most Complete Starter Kit by Elegoo. I try to follow the included tutorial and will point out any changes or corrections as I find them.

As mentioned before, I purchased this Elegoo starter kit and Elegoo isn't sponsoring me. I just thought it would be fun to do a video of each Lesson as I was learning the Arduino environment.

For this video, we’ll need a few things from your Elegoo Arduino UNO kit. I’ll list the items below. In this lesson we’re going to introduce the Infrared receiver module and the infrared remote provided in the kit. I’ll step through the Elegoo provided tutorial and briefly explain how code and the IR receiver makes this happen. We’ll build and configure a simple circuit that is provided in the tutorial to demonstrate the functionality. With a small code change, we can discover other IR remote codes. As usual it was a fun project, I hope you enjoy it.

Parts you’ll need for the tutorial:
* Elegoo Arduino UNO R3 board
* The IR Receiver Module
* The IR Remote
* Three female-to-male jumper wires

The next lesson will be Lesson 15 – MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module.

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Thanks for watching

[denny]

Thank you! The video solved my issue. I always got 0 on the monitor because I got the wrong version in the library.

[newteknix]

Its really nice having these videos and the extra info you provide. Great work.

[eddiejones]

Ricardo
Great video. Being a new-be @ 73 I was able to understand the working of your product and the sketch as presented. Thanks you

[edkennedy]

Great video, thank you I learned a lot.

[carloslozanoherrera]

Good video! Are you going to upload lessons 31, 32 and 33?

[alexandersmith]

It keeps printing as other button and the value changes every time and I don't think I've got the same number twice at all.

[denniscrabtree]

I have a similar kit, where this is lesson 13, but everything else is the same. I followed your directions exactly, including getting the newer version of irreceiver. however, nothing comes up on the monitor! there was a plastic strip between the battery and the remote contact, so I'm guessing the battery is good. I went so far s to check it with a volt/ohm meter and that showed it was good too. any ideas?

[LumPi-yv]

sadly, it only says REPEAT while im using any other remote.
i have the exact same kit

[eddiejones]

I have a couple projects in mind for gifts and I would like to know where can I purchase the ELEGOO IR remote and transmitter without having to purchase a kit for each you

[sunghjung]

When your code, I get different IR codes for the SAME button I press if I press it over and over again. How do I fix this?

[sam-porx]

So I did this however when I powered my ir sensor it started getting hot and then made a weird smell... would recommend using a resistor instead of connecting directly to ground

[sebastiancardenasholik]

Hi. Do you know how get the code from a remote you don't know so you can replicate? I.e. you want to copy your own garage door. Or you are locksmith and want to brute force the car gate

[dbbi]

Hmmm I used the code and the serial monitor showed the startup message but when I press buttons they dont go through? I have the same elegoo remote as the one in the video. I will keep trying to figure this out! I know my remote works because the infrared light shows up when I look at it through my camera... I think my receiver is broken.. its gotta be.. everything else works like its supposed to plus I copy and pasted the code and it compiled fine haha. I know I wired it right too so idk.

[jeffjones]

Please help. Every time I try to upload the code I get a message "exit status 1". This also happened with half the other lessons. What do I do?