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ESP8266-HTTP-IR-Blaster
ESP8266 Compatible IR Blaster that accepts HTTP commands for use with services like Amazon Echo
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The comments in your Link show that the infrared transmitter is just a LED without any amplifier or even transistor. Your will not be able to drive this reliably over a distance. This is essentially a LED with a resistor. A quick Google shows something like this as solution: https://github.com/mdhiggins/ESP8266-HTTP-IR-Blaster
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