TV-B-Gone Universal TV Power Remote Control Keychain

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During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, an individual associated with Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone remote control and shut off many display monitors at booths and during demos affecting several companies. [2] These actions caused the individual to be banned for life from future CES events. [3] See also [ edit ] http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=EL-IR333-Avirtualkey63810000virtualkey638-IR333-A We ensure that TV-B-Gone® remote controls can turn on and off as many TVs as possible. There may be some TVs that TV-B-Gone® will not work with, but TV-B-Gone® should be able to turn on and off virtually any remotely controlled TV. The keychain TV-B-Gone remote control is very small and weighs very little compared to most other remote controls. The batteries are also extremely small, but be assured that batteries (watch batteries) are included and already installed on the device!

The North American & Asian model works for televisions in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia, as well as many Asian countries (may also work in other countries that use NTSC video). The European model works for televisions in European countries and Australia (may also work in other countries that use PAL or SECAM video). The PRO version is disguised to look like a smartphone, but it really is a powerful TV remote control designed to do one thing, Turn Off the TV. The recent [ when?] invention of >1W 850 and 970nm IREDs makes a miniature long range version of the TV-B-Gone feasible. I’ve created a schematic and added it to this project as well. All there is to it is a mosfet attached to an arduino, driving an LED. The dc voltage booster just steps the voltage up from 3.7v to the 5v that the arduino and LED needs. Place one new CR2032 battery in B1 and one new CR2032 battery in B2. The plus (+) side of each battery should face away from the board. Both batteries are CR2032 3v lithium coin cell batteries. (The original model TV-B-Gone remotes came with three 2016 batteries but from our research, we found it best to put in two 2032 batteries instead, which are bigger, longer-lasting, and almost the same price. We recommend it when replacing the batteries in all TV-B-Gone models.) In this tutorial we’re going to make an Arduino TV B-Gone and its super simple. If you’re not familiar with a TV B-Gone, it’s a device that uses a small micro-controller to send the IR off codes for every TV make and model on the planet. This is a super handy little device to have around as it just turns the TV off. No looking for the right remote. The TV B-Gone is also handy for venues like sports bars and the like. At the end of the night you just hold up the TV B-Gone and turn off every TV in the venue. No hunting for the remotes. And it doesn’t matter which brand. One TV B-Gone and all the TVs turn off. These are also sometimes called TV killers or a TV kill switch.Where won’t they put a TV these days? We’ve even seen one creeping behind semi-transparent mirror film in the ladies’ room of a sports bar, though that one didn’t last long. Up until that moment, we had never wished so hard for a TV-B-Gone, especially one as small and powerful as this DIY version by [Shane]. So first I assembled the circuit on a breadboard and then flashed the code over to the Arduino nano The body of the Sonic comes from this replica of [10]’s screwdriver from Think Geek. Inside, the screwdriver has space for a battery a circuit board to control the lights and sound normally expected of a sonic screwdriver. [furrysalamander] added a freeform circuit composed of an ATtiny85, a transistor, LED, and a few resistors to add the ability to turn just about any TV off.

Next we have [Nevyn] with OpenIR – Infrared Remote Control. A dead DSLR remote shutter release was all the motivation [Nevyn] needed to start work on his own universal remote control. OpenIR can be connected to (and controlled by) just about anything with a UART – a PC via an FTDI cable, a Bluetooth module, even an ESP8266. The module can be programmed by entering pulse length data through a custom Windows application. The Windows app even allows the user to view the pulses graphically, like a scope. The data is stored on an EEPROM on OpenIR’s PCB. Once programmed, the OpenIR board is ready to control the world. The idea for TV-B-Gone was born at a restaurant in the early 1990s, when Altman and his friends kept paying attention to a TV in the corner, not to one another. They chatted about how to turn off all televisions, and he wondered if it would be possible to string together a series of "power" commands. Altman said he prefers to ask people to turn off TVs. The problem is places where there's a captive audience and no one is available to respond to requests, like the Laundromat or the airport. Altman said he has turned off sets at his local laundries and at airports around the Pacific Rim. Bigger Battery: Another new feature is that it has a bigger battery, allowing it to last even longer than the original model.

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A later revision was spun up with its own PCB, and features an Attiny85, which is more than capable of handling the job. Showing thoughts of the future in the design, there are provisions for extra buttons to be added should the project require a nicer enclosure, and a space for an external crystal if necessary. The TV-B-Gone is a kit that, when soldered together, allows you to turn off almost any television within 150 feet or more. It works on over 230 total power codes - 115 American/Asian and another 115 European codes. You can select which zone you want during kit assembly.A TV-B-Gone® remote control is 1.92 x 2.27 x .675 inches (4.88 x 5.77 x 1.71 cm) and weighs 26 grams. I just bought one as a gift for my mother. She’s just your ordinary sweet little old gray haired, bread baking mom. It may be one of the most delightful gifts she’s ever received. She doesn’t care for technology, and still types or handwrites letters instead of using a computer. I think the thrill of going into a mall and being able to shut up the TVs will be a devilish delight for her.” Then we have the function that turns the frequency (38400 is our way of writing 38.4 KHz) into the right 8 bit number. Then the number of pairs (13 in the code, emitted twice!), the 2-bit compression method, the name of the timing table, and the compressed code. Sure, there are programs on TV that are entertaining or informative. Go ahead and watch. But when that good show is over, you may want to turn off the TV. Turning off a TV is a choice!

The final storage necessary for the sony code is 16 bytes (for the table) + 1 (for the timer val) + 1 (for the compression notice) + 2 (for the timer table pointer) + 7 (for the code itself) = 27 bytes Compare that to the previous version that took 105 bytes! Your TV-B-Gone universal remote control is very much like any other TV remote control. It is harmless to televisions. It is harmless to humans and other animals. Because, yes, this DIY is a protest object: enough with TVs everywhere. As proof, this video from the World Cup Crashers collective, armed with TV-B-Gone, that switched off TVs in bars for matches of the French team during the 2014 World Cup.I got the code from Ken Sherriff's blog, which was immensely helpful as he compiled a list of all the Tv On and Off Codes. Tv B Gone: http://www.righto.com/2010/11/improved-arduino-tv... The sounds and images from TV that constantly bombard us everywhere we go have a powerful effect on us. Through repetition, we remember the many messages about ourselves and our world that we receive from this potent medium. We may feel better if we have the ability to manage our environment, and the impressions that we are exposed to, allowing us to create our own messages and ideas. The maximum distance that TVs will respond is 20–50 feet (6–15 meters), depending upon their make and model, and of course, depending upon the angle of the aim of the user. While the device itself has a 30-degree line of action, the receptor on the TV may be very narrow. Mitch Altman http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/04/digging_deepertvbgone_device_s.html (inventor of the TV-B-Gone) and his company Cornfield Electronics http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/ worked together with me (Adafruit Industries) to develop a kit version of the TV-B-Gone. Mitch thinks open source kits are awesome!