Design a Custom AC Timer

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series IR AC Timer

A fun little project to turn the AC unit on in my office before I get to work in the morning.

Overview

installedHere in China there is no central air, so my office is heated/cooled by a room air conditioner. Because of this, it’s cold when I arrive at work in the winter, and hot in the summer, and it takes until about noon for the little room a/c unit to get the room to a remotely comfortable temperature. So an idea was born to create a small, battery powered, IR emitter Continue reading