Iguanaworks has closed and our products are no longer sold
by ripe on 4/5/2026, 1:18:05 PM
http://iguanaworks.net/products/usb-ir-transceiver.html
Comments
by: rlam2x51
Home Assistant* introduced support for infrared a few days ago. Not sure if it would be a good idea to stay in business for a bit longer and see if the Home Assistant community boost the sales.<p>I am personally interested in an IR Sender to make my old Hifi Setup smarter.<p>* <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/" rel="nofollow">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/</a>
4/5/2026, 2:50:57 PM
by: Aurornis
Sad to see someone’s small business close, but these products are in a difficult position of being both extremely niche and very simple. Someone went to some effort to source a nice dongle enclosure and do some printing on it, but beyond that the hardware is something that anyone with a little PCB experience could replicate it in a day. I wouldn’t be surprised if these were just sourced from a generic manufacturer in China and they asked for custom printing.<p>If there’s demand this would be a good project for someone to make and have ready to build PCBs you could order from OSH Park or even a fully project that you could have JLC build and populate.
4/5/2026, 2:25:58 PM
by: aeonik
Well damn, I didn't know about this until now, and I could actually use one.<p>Is there any alternative?
4/5/2026, 3:39:30 PM
by: buckle8017
Presumably there just isn't that much use for that anymore.<p>Most remotes seem to be RF not ir these days.
4/5/2026, 2:14:51 PM
by: teddyh
I’m guessing that modern hardware are all controlled by privacy-invading apps, communicating via the company’s servers.
4/5/2026, 3:05:10 PM