Product Description

The Irdroid USB IrDA Transceiver allows you to interface your PC, Mac , Android, Raspberry Pi with equipment that communicates via IrDA SIR protoco. The Irdroid USB IrDA Transceiver enumerates on the host system as a serial port thus allowing you to easily interface with any control / terminal software with minimal or no programming needed. The Irdroid USB irDA adapter is an irDA adapter that supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, MAC OS X, Linux and Android

Features:

• – Complete solution for IrDA communication on any modern system
• – Supports with IrDA® Physical Layer Specification (version 1.3)
• – Supports Windows 7,8,10, Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi
• – High quality infrared transceiver
• – Up to *2 meters IrDA SIR communication
• – Supports baud rates from 9600 – 115200 bps
• – Enumerates on the host system as a serial port
• – USB-A male connector

Example Usage:

• – Interfacing with irDA power meters
• – Interfacing with irDA printers
• – Interfacing with irDA PDAs
• – irDA field communications
• – Data communication between two Raspberry Pi’s
• – Any other devices that communicate via irDA SIR

Package contains:

• – 1x Irdroid USB IrDA Transceiver

The Irdroid USB IrDA transceiver comes factory pre-configured for 9600 baud rate serial communication. The baud rate can be changed by using the on-board switch and sending specific HEX commands toward the onboard mcp2120 for changing the baud rate setting.

Changing the Baud rate:

The unit allows you to change the irDA SIR baud rate by sending a specific control command when the module is in command mode (by using the on board switch.) Please refer to MCP2120 datasheet for more information on switching the serial baud rates.

Below is a link to a blog post that explains changing the IrDA SIR Baud rate in software and hardware:

• https://irdroid.eu/set-irdroid-usb-irda-sir-baud-rate/

*  The range depends on the other irDA communication device capabilities, but in general it is about 2 meters

Product Video

• – Driver for Windows 7 & Windows 10
• – Driver Installation guide for Windows 7
• – Driver Installation guide for Windows 10
• – Driver for Linux (for old kernels; pre-3.14.x)
• – Driver for MAC
• – Driver for Android

Documents:

• – EC Declaration of Conformity

A GitHub gist, describing how to use the module with the Linux IrDA protocol stack:

• https://gist.github.com/Irdroid/a946e3ebd2a62fedf189fac4767b4508

IrDA data communication demonstration on Ubuntu, Linux kernel version 4.15