IR blasters - Best / cheapest that are local | Home Assistant | Page 1

pulsar shell Aug 30, 2025, 5:14 PM

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Looking to see what people use for IR blasters.

Are there any that are local?
Any that are local and cheap? Or only local and expensive?

sage arch Sep 1, 2025, 6:39 PM

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I like the BroadLinks. Have two and am happy with them. The setup requires the shonky app but after that it’s local only. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/broadlink/

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Broadlink

Instructions on setting up Broadlink within Home Assistant.

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FWIW I have two RM4 Pros. One controls the Apple TV (as a backup to other means of control) and a Panasonic TV. The other controls a Samsung TV, XBox, random sound bar, squeezebox and a tower fan. Teaching them the codes is somewhat tedious but works well when done. Occasionally you can find codes on the forums and paste them in.

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I’m just a bodger like the next guy, but I like my solutions. The IR sending is used by both my DIY remote controls and automations/scripts.

livid saffron Sep 3, 2025, 2:15 AM

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I just set one of these up to control a Dyson fan, and it works pretty good.
https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-nanoc6-dev-kit

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M5Stack NanoC6 Dev Kit

Description The M5NanoC6 is a miniature, low-power IoT development board within the M5Stack development kit series. It is equipped with an ESP32-C6FH4 as the MCU, supporting advanced wireless communication methods such as Wi-Fi 6 and Zigbee, along with a built-in infrared emitter for convenient control of infrared IoT

sage arch Sep 3, 2025, 9:55 AM

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Interesting. Where do you get the IR codes? That part doesn’t seem to have a receiver for extracting codes from existing remotes?

livid saffron Sep 3, 2025, 3:43 PM

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I made an IR receiver from an ESP32

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