[mythtvnz] Serial IR blaster on USB to serial cable

[Robin Gilks]

> It would be possible to create the 40,000 requirements using hardware with
> a
> *555* Timer *IC and a and gate. Probably the IR repeater sold by Jaycar
> would do the job.*

You possibly could do that but who is going to write the kernel driver for
it? That baseband 40KHz signal has to be modulated to generate the RC5 or
RC6 compliant signal - easier to either use a real serial port or a USB IR
blaster (as found in the Microsoft MCE remote) in the first place.

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Robin Gilks