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neothefoxCreated:
Is it possible to access IR functionality of 3DS?

In brief: No

The only way would be to somehow emulate the circle pad pro, but if you want to do data transfer it's probably easier to use the microphone input.

The only way would be to somehow emulate the circle pad pro, but if you want to do data transfer it's probably easier to use the microphone input.
It's easier, but it's slower and less convenient from the user point of view. The circle pad emulation is a great idea! I never realized that it communicates through IR.

The only way would be to somehow emulate the circle pad pro, but if you want to do data transfer it's probably easier to use the microphone input.
It's easier, but it's slower and less convenient from the user point of view. The circle pad emulation is a great idea! I never realized that it communicates through IR.
But how would you generate the signal? It's not like most people have an infrared light that can be controlled by a computer just lying around. The microphone input is ideal because you can use it without any special equipment, or you can get a special audio cable if you want to do data transfer without loud noises. And it would definitely be faster than trying to simulate a circle pad pro.

The only way would be to somehow emulate the circle pad pro, but if you want to do data transfer it's probably easier to use the microphone input.
It's easier, but it's slower and less convenient from the user point of view. The circle pad emulation is a great idea! I never realized that it communicates through IR.
But how would you generate the signal? It's not like most people have an infrared light that can be controlled by a computer just lying around. The microphone input is ideal because you can use it without any special equipment, or you can get a special audio cable if you want to do data transfer without loud noises. And it would definitely be faster than trying to simulate a circle pad pro.
USB-IrDA adapters are available, and a lot of Android smartphones have IR senders for controlling TVs. Now I would need a circle pad pro to see at what rate it sends it's data, because we are looking at at least 2 chars (x, y) being sent at whatever speed there is. It might be pretty fast.

The only way would be to somehow emulate the circle pad pro, but if you want to do data transfer it's probably easier to use the microphone input.
It's easier, but it's slower and less convenient from the user point of view. The circle pad emulation is a great idea! I never realized that it communicates through IR.
But how would you generate the signal? It's not like most people have an infrared light that can be controlled by a computer just lying around. The microphone input is ideal because you can use it without any special equipment, or you can get a special audio cable if you want to do data transfer without loud noises. And it would definitely be faster than trying to simulate a circle pad pro.
USB-IrDA adapters are available, and a lot of Android smartphones have IR senders for controlling TVs. Now I would need a circle pad pro to see at what rate it sends it's data, because we are looking at at least 2 chars (x, y) being sent at whatever speed there is. It might be pretty fast.
Or you could wait till I release a part of SmileNet 2.0 which will allow you to send stuff to SmileBasic over wifi (it will basically send data using touch inputs at blinding speeds) It does / will require Luma3DS but no modifications of Luma3DS will be necessary so setting up b9s will let you do it.