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ESP8266 IR Blaster

I’m getting sick of fixing my TV remotes. Universal remotes are all over priced monsters. So instead I thought I’d wack together an IR blaster from the spare parts draw.

Meme of a man spraying a dog with water, but used as a metaphor for spraying a TV with infrared signals

The goal here

I thought it would be easy, infrared remotes use decades old technology. I wanted to use an ESP8266 I had laying around for its WiFi. Surely its a popular project with millions of guides and examples to work off?

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