The two boards of the IR kit at an angle, overlapping. Behind, the TK15 IR Receiver: a black board with a gold border and a steel-shielded receiver with an X-shaped window lying flat near the top. In front, the TK16 IR Remote Sender: a clear infrared LED lying flat near the top, a transistor and two resistors on the right. Both have a right-angle four-pin header labelled GND, VCC, NC and SIGNAL.

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TinkerBlock IR Remote Mastery Kit

A Vishay TSOP18138 38 kHz infrared receiver on a TinkerBlock board: SIGNAL idles HIGH and goes LOW while a remote sends, and the IRremote library turns those lows into an address and a command.

In the box: 3of each, and 3 remotes
Remote: 17buttons; 2 × AAA each, not included
Carrier: 38kHz

Start here · 01 The carrier is the trick What is in the box

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tk15

IR Receiver

Tuned to: 38kHz
VCC: 2.0–5.5V, to match your board
SIGNAL: LOWwhile a remote sends
Sees: ±45degrees off axis

Open the board in 3D

Quick referencePDF · 522 KB IR Receiver model (GLB)GLB · 933 KB IR Receiver CAD (STEP)ZIP · 2.5 MB IR Receiver drawing (PDF)PDF · 2.3 MB IR Receiver drawing (DXF)ZIP · 55 KB DatasheetPDF · vishay.com

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tk16

IR Sender

LED current: 24mA from 5 V
VCC: 3.3 or 5V; 5 V reaches further
SIGNAL: HIGHlights the LED
Beam: ±20degrees off axis

The IR Sender page Open the board in 3D

Quick referencePDF · 502 KB IR Sender model (GLB)GLB · 1013 KB IR Sender CAD (STEP)ZIP · 1.8 MB IR Sender drawing (PDF)PDF · 2.2 MB IR Sender drawing (DXF)ZIP · 55 KB DatasheetPDF · everlight.com

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