
Fire Bird V ATMEGA2560 Hardware Manual
3.19.3 TSOP1738 RC5 IR receiver and decoder
TSOP1738 is an IR receiver based on RC5 decoder. It is very commonly used in televisions for
receiving commands from the remote control. It can be used to control robot using TV remote
control. Many robots can also be controlled simultaneously if you make your own TV remote
equivalent and interface it with the PC. Such type of setup can be used in the preliminary form of
robo-soccer. SJ2 solder pad needs to be connected by soldering for enabling the TSOP sensor.
Figure 3.62 shows the location of the SJ2 solder pad. It connects TSOP1738 with the INT7
(interrupt 7) pin of the microcontroller.
Figure 3.61: TSOP1738 RC5 decoder IR receiver
Figure 3.62: Jumper to be shorted to connect TSOP1738 with INT7 (shorted jumper is
shown in the right image)
Important:
Before using TSOP1738 insure that solder pad P1 on the main board is not shorted. For more
information refer to section 3.9 and figure 3.28.
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