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http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/~dnegro/IR/IR.html
http://www.hut.fi/~then/electronics.html#irremote
http://149.170.200.3/Physics/Acorn/About.html For a linux driver, see http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/~rjkm/lirc/lirc.tar.gz
computer controlled IR remote control: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6552
There's an application note entitled "IrDA-Compliant Transmitter/ Receiver," with lots of detail about the standard, at the SHARP web site, http://www.sharpmeg.com/datasheets/rf-ir/#0 and data sheets at http://www.sharpmeg.com/datasheets/rf-ir/#4
http://www.irda.org/ The home of the IRDA standards organisation, somewhat messy, but they do provide the standards free for downloading.
ftp://ftp.armory.com./pub/user/rstevew/IR/
http://www.misty.com/~don/irfilter.html
 
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