Wireless Receiver circuit

[Kronik]

Hi,
I'm planning on making a small home automation board which would connect to lights, motors and wireless. My problem comes with wireless because I'd like to make a small wireless receiver circuit that would receive datas from the board in order to light a computer. I saw many receiver/transmiter posts but they look way different from what a receiver alone would be. I forgot to say that my board will connect to my wifi then to the wireless receiver circuit.

Thanks for your help

 

[ionp]

I'm not sure if you were trying to connect to 802.11 wifi WITH your circuit or not.
If not, look through these products to get a feel for what is available:
**broken link removed**

 

[Kronik]

I'm just looking forward to sending a code that would force the receiver to activate whatever he's connected to, which is my computer in this case. Is that possible?

Thanks for answering

 

[ionp]

It sounds like you need a different kind of answer than a roll-your-own link.
Yes, it is possible.
The simplest way to do a computer based remote control would be with a transmitter at one end a nd a receiver at the other.
There are inexpensive modules available such as these:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10535
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10533

 

[Kronik]

So you're telling me that I could "easily" connect a transceiver to my board and a receiver to my computer's On/Off button and communicate with them? Can this be done with Css or C30?
thanks, really appreciate your help.

 

[ionp]

You can determine how to implement the software using the public domain information linked to at Sparkfun.
Their example code is here:
https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Wireless/General/RFASK_Example_Code.pde

A walkthrough is here:
https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/RF/KLP_Walkthrough.pdf

I am not sure what you are trying to do with your computer's on/off button, but you may want to look at a relay driver and relay for that function.

Good luck!

Ian