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Day 17: Lessons – Send and Receive IR Signals with Arduino + LEGO Power Functions!

You are here: Home / 30 Days to Arduino Programming Course / 30 Days to Arduino Lessons / Day 17: Lessons – Send and Receive IR Signals with Arduino + LEGO Power Functions!

Expanding on our previous project, today we decode and send IR signals, learn about the C++ Case statement, remote control an LED, and we use the IR output to control LEGO Power Functions motors.

Find the LEGO library here.

Decoding V2

IR Transmit

LEGO Power Functions Motors

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