linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/18] lirc serial port receiver/transmitter device driver

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Date:	Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:56:44 -0400
From:	Jarod Wilson <jwilson@...hat.com>
To:	"Stefan Lippers-Hollmann" <s.L-H@....de>,
	Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/18] lirc serial port receiver/transmitter device driver

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 15:51:12 Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Dienstag, 9. September 2008, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > > +config LIRC_SERIAL
> > > +	tristate "Homebrew Serial Port Receiver"
> > > +	default n
> > > +	depends on LIRC_DEV
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Driver for Homebrew Serial Port Receivers
> >
> > What receivers might these be?  Do any actually exist?
>
> [...]
>
> This might actually be the most common setup, as it is very easy to
> build[1] with minimal soldering skills and has also been used by various
> vendors (older models of the TechniSat SkyStar2 DVB-S budget card, to name
> just one example; it is only slowly being replaced by alternative means,
> as serial ports are becoming rare on newer systems.
>
> Regards
> 	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
>
> [1]	http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html

One frequently-used source of pre-built serial receivers (and transmitters) 
here in the US is http://irblaster.info/.

Hey, that actually just reminded me... I think I *do* have a serial IR 
receiver laying about somewhere that came w/one of my TechniSat SkyStar 
HD-5000 cards... Thank you, Stefan! ;)

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com

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