I wasn't thinking about doing it that way, I have seen people connect to wifi enabled arduinos and other small microcontrollers via it's wifi based smart device function. My idea was to use an arduino to first measure the various codes my remotes send around the house (i have an ir controlled hdmi switch, ir controlled colour changing lights (not philips hue because they are extortionate to buy), my tv, my projector, my speakers). After doing so I wanted to create a couple small programs using the alexa development platform and the microcontroller, to firstly register the commands with the alexa service cloud (so when I ask alexa to do the task she understands and executes it) and secondly a program on the microcontroller to recieve these commands from the alexa service and output what ever IR code is necessary for that function. The bits I will struggle with are the code on the microcontroller to transmit the signal and designing or finding the hardware required to produce such a signal as I want to extend it to output IR throught the house.
