Here is my infra red receiver, my plans that I drew to build it, and some pictures of me building it. it was made for a few $'s from radio shack parts and works great. I later took apart the entire thing and used some bread board to make a much smaller version that can be plugged directly into my motherboardís serial header and the infra red sensor can be placed wherever. This works great for using a pocket pc or a tv remote to control your computer. Everything from Winamp to your mouse movements can be controlled via remote.

Click below to see more pictures and how I built it.