Universal Remote for CE/HA? (openmoko)

Al Johnson openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Wed Oct 7 11:41:43 CEST 2009


On Friday 02 October 2009, Jed wrote:
> >>> I glued a infrared led into the aux key for this purpose. Did
> >>> someone already try to compile lirc for the FR? My attempt to just
> >>> 'bitbake' it failed (missing kernel configuration).
> >>
> >> Hmmm, wonder if some of the other hand-held platforms do have IR?
> >> Surely there's at least one device?! Lets see there's: Android
> >> devices, Maemo devices, Axim x5xx (kinda), any others?
> 
> Last crack  ;-)
> 
> Does anyone know of any OSS supported devices that do have IR integrated?
> 
> Wifi would get most use in my intended application but IR would be handy!

According to one review [1] the n900 has IR, and there's a universal remote 
app for it [2]. We'll have to wait and see exactly how open it is though.

[1] http://my-simbian.com/other/preview_n900.php
[2] http://irreco.garage.maemo.org/



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