Infrared technology?

Question

So I have this project that I am doing and I am turning a universal remote into a remote control for a car I am building. Does anyone know any good sites, or know how I can program the buttons into the car?

Answer 1

Uhh. If you really have remote controlled car that uses infrared you could "program" (/teach) your universal remote control to send signals that are exactly like your cars ir signals (there should be some mention about this in your ir remotes manual, if not you need more expensive remote).

But I think that you have _radio_ controlled car and only option to use ir to control it is to change all control electronics. You would then need at least some kind of micro controller and ir sensor but programming micro controller to actually control your car requires good knowladge on electronics and programming skills in c/c++ or assembly.

So, either your project is very easy (you need only to learn how to use your remote), or it is very hard.