May's Project Not A Robot???

The next new project...



I point out (again) this is not a Robot Project... Any blog followers understand that CwhatIcanDo is now taking on my projects. This one is something I put together in a non-robotic attempt to save myself from having to find and energize the "mute" function when I needed. Like when I answer the phone.

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The project was undertaken because I was frustrated with having to find the clicker to stop the assault on my senses by over modulated and over acted TV commercials. I confess I am addicted to the science and history channels, and the daily show and Colbert, all have commercials apparently compressed by our beloved local cable operation. Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to make something I could just tap and the result would be "muting" the tv.

Implementation was easy, I used a picAxe chip (around four bucks) a little round universal PC board a button and an IR LED driver setup to send '20' code to my Sony TV so it would MUTE!

Making things wearable was a greater problem than originally anticipated (I'm no jeweler - as you'll notice), but I made something that would test the practicality of such a device. C What I Can Do provided a way to demonstrate the principle, and now to see if it would generate any interest, then I can think about another model.