https://toorun.dev/tags/tv/Recent content in tv on toorun.devHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/smart-tv-remote-control-apis-how-to-discover-and-control-tvs-over-wi-fi/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/smart-tv-remote-control-apis-how-to-discover-and-control-tvs-over-wi-fi/Smart TV Remote Control APIs: How to Discover and Control TVs Over Wi-Fi A smart TV is not just a display. It is also a network device with a control surface, and that makes it very different from a traditional infrared remote. In practice, a mobile app or a home-automation gateway can discover a TV on the local network and send commands over HTTP, WebSockets, or a vendor protocol. This is how modern remote-control apps work without pointing a beam of infrared at the screen.https://toorun.dev/posts/tv-remote-control-protocols-explained-ir-rc5-rc6-nec-cec-api/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000https://toorun.dev/posts/tv-remote-control-protocols-explained-ir-rc5-rc6-nec-cec-api/TV Remote Control Protocols Explained: IR, RC5, RC6, NEC, CEC, and Practical API Examples Remote controls are one of the simplest and most practical embedded communication examples. A TV remote may look trivial, but behind it are real protocol choices, timing constraints, carrier frequencies, and command encodings. If you want to build a DIY infrared controller, an IR blaster, or a home automation bridge, you need to understand the difference between raw IR, standard IR protocols, and HDMI-based control systems like CEC.