[Itay’s] design put a PIC 18F2553 on one side of the board. The other side hosted the through hole components: an IR receiver, LED for feedback, and the connections for the USB cable that exit ...

The humble yet ubiquitous infrared remote-control receiver can benefit from an enhanced front-end preamplifier.

The receiver has an amplifier and an "IR blaster" that showers IR signals to all components by reflecting off the closed cabinet doors. The receiver also has sockets for several IR emitters (IR ...