/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/smarter-life-challenge---brainwaves-based-appliance-controller---update-7First, thank you DAB and cy.gul for your comments on my last week&#39;s update. It turned out that the Manchester encoder that I built last weekend is not used in the infrared protocol of my TV remote. After more reading I actually found ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/smarter-life/b/blog/posts/smarter-life-challenge---brainwaves-based-appliance-controller---update-7Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:32:41 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:0d0468a8-6f46-4858-ad02-af2816543be5vsluiter0<p>Hi Cosmin,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nice post. IR protocols can be &#39;challenging in their simplicity&#39;. I created an <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.hackvandedam.nl/blog/?page_id=547" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">open source receiver for the LEGO power functions toys</a>,&nbsp; and it was amazing to find out what LEGO had cramped in 16 bits of data.....&nbsp; Also, LEGO&#39;s protocol is a bit different than most others, and has a minimum burst length of 6 cycles, limiting the amount of IR receivers I could use. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seems you&#39;re going well in the IR transmission department, I bet you&#39;re switching your television on and off in the next post!! Looks very promising.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16827&AppID=105&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">