InfrareDS

[wraggster]

Mark has announced his project for the DS called InfrareDS, heres the info:

It's all in the name, with InfrareDS you can add an IrDA (Infrared) function to your Nintendo DS in just a few minutes!

Features
-Direct compatible to all firmware versions of the Nintendo DS (Nintendo DS Lite has not yet been tested)
-High speed data transmission to any other IrDA device (like PDA's, mobile-phones)
-Send pictures, sounds etc from Nintendo DS to PDA/Mobile Phone and backwards!

Visit his site Here --> http://up.to/infrareds

[CampaKaze]

Dude. this is sweet! but how close would u have to be to another device?

[CampaKaze]

Wait.. you would have to buy something for the Infrared?

[tisti]

Well since the DS doesn't have any build in IR, yea ;)

[CampaKaze]

bullcrappeh, not so cool, cus it wouldnt be that long distance now would it

[ikarimaru]

If this works, I expect to see a universal remote program with a customizable GUI ;)

[jojotjuh]

i see myself turning my parents pc of constanly... now only i would have info how to build it...

[saotome22]

could this be used to transfer files between DS's? like if you have a homebrew game on one DS with an M3 and want to send it to another DS w/M3? but with IR that would probably take ages....
what's the Data transfer rate on this?

[iball]

It would probably better to establish ad-hoc wi-fi connections between DS systems than try to use infrared.
1) DS Wi-fi is pretty well documented now
2) Speeds are faster
3) Doesn't require line-of-sight and close range like IR does