Alexa TV Voice Remote — Arduino IR Control Prototype

Alexa TV Voice Remote was one of Parth's strongest early integration projects from December 2018. The project used Alexa voice commands, Arduino, and an IR transmitter to control a TV and set-top box, creating a voice-remote experience similar in concept to an Amazon Fire Stick-style voice remote. The video shows Parth reusing the same board from an earlier home-device control project and modifying the code for this new use case. Instead of only switching devices through relays, this project used an IR transmitter to send control signals to the TV and set-top box. This project is important because it shows progression. Parth was not making isolated experiments; he was building on previous work, reusing hardware, modifying code, and applying earlier automation learning to a more specific real-world media-control problem. This project matters because it shows system-level thinking at 14. Parth combined voice control, Arduino programming, IR transmission, device-control logic, and previous project reuse into one working prototype. It is a strong example of iterative learning: taking what he had already built, modifying it, and applying it to a new real-world use case. This project is documented through a working video demo rather than a public code repository.

The project explored how TV and set-top box actions could be controlled through Alexa voice commands instead of using a traditional handheld remote.

The system receives a voice command through Alexa, passes the control flow to Arduino, and uses an IR transmitter to send remote-style signals to a TV and set-top box. The demo shows the idea of switching devices and controlling media actions through voice-triggered IR commands.

Parth reused and modified the hardware and code from an earlier home automation project, connected the IR transmitter, mapped Alexa-triggered commands to TV/set-top box control actions, and demonstrated the working voice-control concept on video.