IR datalink USB online.

Most of the apparatus we build are highly configurable and we use our good old IR datalink and a Windows program to do this job. The IR datalink has served us well, but it's time is slowly running out because it uses a RS232 serial com port and this is lacking on almost all the new PC's one can buy nowadays. It is time to upgrade to newer technology - the USB port! This is easier said than done, but my brother has solved the puzzle and has come out with a new IR datalink online with USB, online because it is controlled from the PC and doesn't need an external power supply. You use the same program for the IR datalink USB standalone and IR datalink USB online, go to the IR datalink control program web site and download the program.
Below you can see some pictures of the finished design (click on the picture to enlarge it):

Updated! Here is the very requested schematic, finally :-)
The empty IR datalink USB online pcb		pcbfile updated 2009.04.19
The mounted IR datalink USB online pcb controlled by a 18F2553 PIC.
Updated! We have finally got our case, a Bopla E-420 model, and have finished the apparatus.
Updated! The case seen from the front, with the two IR leds. We have placed the two color green/red status led in the lid.
Updated! The case seen from the back, with the USB connection.

This page was last updated 2010-02-17.