Issue
138 January 2002
WHAT
GOOD IS IrD,Eh?
PART
1: CORDLESS PROTOCOL
byJeff
Bachiochi
Start
•
Standards Make It Happen •
IrPHY
• The Range •
UART To IrDA • IR
Encoder/Decoder •
Gimme More • Sources
& PDF
SOURCES & PDF
Jeff
Bachiochi (pronounced BAH-key-AH-key) is an electrical
engineer on Circuit Cellar’s engineering staff. His background
includes product design and manufacturing. He may be reached
at jeff.bachiochi@circuitcellar.com.
SOFTWARE
To
download the code, go to
ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2002/138/.
RESOURCES
IrDA
IR transceivers
Agilent
Technologies, Inc.
www.semiconductor.agilent.com/
cgi-bin/morpheus/home/home.jsp?p
Section=Infrared+and+Barcode
Infineon
Technologies AG
www.infineon.com/us/opto/irdt/
content.html
Rohm,
Co., Ltd.
www.rohm.com
Vishay
Semiconductor GmBH
http://www.vishay.com/products/
optoelectronics/IRDCproduct.html
Zilog,
Inc.
www.zilog.com/products/parts.asp? id=ZHX1810
SOURCES
IrDA
Specifications
Infrared
Data Association
www.irda.org
MCP2120
Infrared encoder/decoder
Microchip
Technology Inc.
(480)
786-7200
www.microchip.com
TI1000
Standalone IrDA encoder/decoder
Texas
Instruments, Inc.
(800)
336-5236
www.ti.com
TOIM4232
SIR Endec for IrDA applications
Vishay
Semiconductor GmbH
49
0 7131 67 2831
www.vishay.com
ZHX1810
Slim series SIR
transceiver
Zilog,
Inc.
(408)
558-8500
Fax:
(408) 558-8300
www.zilog.com
Microcross,
Inc.
(478)
953-1907
www.microcross.com
