Forcing one box to get along with the other via one way communication and control interfaces like IR will always lead to kludge.

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You can also add software control to the board, which will work in conjunction with the hardware, bringing universal control interfaces to the otherwise space-limited Arduino.

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The applications company would control the user interfaces presented by the Office applications.

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The middleware sits between the home appliances and a controlling device, such as a mobile phone, and allows them to communicate. i2home has also created a variety of interfaces for control devices.

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