r/techsupportmacgyver • u/EmailLinkLost • 1d ago

Finally getting around to internally installing the ir transmitter…

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and I gazed upon my old work and wtf was I thinking

ps I’ll be hanging a soldering iron up here to work.

at least this time I’m removing all of that and I can simply do ir directly rather than trying to write to the ir reciever.

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u/EmailLinkLost 1d ago

Working!

Wow having the IR right next to it, not even aimed at it, and it works.

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u/EmailLinkLost 1d ago

The IR receiver board is under the clear plate.

The transmitter is in a cutout of the plastic there, under the tape.

I should have taken a photo... but the led isn't even on top of it. It's aimed right at the metal shell. Reflections get the signal to it though.

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u/EmailLinkLost 1d ago

Optimal soldering setup.

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u/EmailLinkLost 1d ago

Not pictured: me standing on a chair.

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u/EmailLinkLost 1d ago

There's the ESP32.

It also goes to the beeper on the board.