Ahmet Yildirim

Developer Relations Engineer at a company in Lund

@mclightninginstagram / ahmetyldrmmclightning.com

Who am I?

Maker / Software Engineer / Game Developer

Presented OpenVR, an Oculus Rift DK1 clone last year here at this event

ModularRemotegithub.com / ayildirim /

Why would you make a modular remote?

Too many devices to control

Each device comes with several use-cases

Gaming? Typing? Virtual Reality?

and it must be portable!

Why would you make a modular remote?

Too many devices to control

Why would you make a modular remote?

Too many choices can be paralyzing

Barry Schwarts : Paradox of choices :https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice

Why would you make a modular remote?

Too many devices to control

Too many ways to control

Modularity brings freedom to your choice in controllers!

First trial of Modular Remote “GamePad”Initial Plan :

Joystick

D-pad

Air Mouse functionality

Modular Remote

Make it your own!

Modular RemoteBasic features

● Infrared receiver and emitter

● Wirelessly chargeable

● A fully customizable bluetooth module with support for different protocols : SPP, HID, MIDI, iBeacon etc.

● Add I/O units of your own choice up to 16! such as; joysticks, buttons, leds, analog/digital input output devices

● 9 DOF sensor for developing enabling use-cases like an AirMouse

How modular is it?

● You can add up to 16 different I/O modules of your own choice.● There will be 3D enclosures attaching onto main box for several standard input devices

such as joystick and d-pads

Use any infrared remote as input!

Listen infrared commands and channel them to different devices simultaneously!

TV turned on?1. Automatically start your favorite media app.2. Start a TV show automatically.

TV turned off?● Put your media center to sleep to save power.

Materials to make your own Modular Remote? (BOM)

Arduino/Genuino Zero or Teensy 3.1/3.2Adafruit BLE nrf8001GY-85 9DOF IMUInfrared receiverInfrared led3.7v Lipo BatteryAdafruit Lipoly/Lion charger backpackSparkfun 16 channel multiplexerWireless charger (optional)

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github.com / ayildirim / Modular Remote

Thank you!

Coder? 3D Designer? Hardware designer?

Contribute and make it better

github.com / ayildirim / ModularRemote

Now it is time for your questions

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