Infrared Data Association
<standard, body> (IrDA) A non-profit trade association providing standards to ensure the quality and interoperability of
infrared (IR) hardware.
The association currently has a membership of over 160 companies from around the world, representing computer and telecommunications hardware, software, components and adapters.
IrDA typically uses direct infrared i.e. point-to-point, line-of-sight, one-to-one communications.
The standards include:
IrDA Data (
SIR,
FIR, VFIR),
IrDA Control, and
AIR.
Ports built to the above standards can be found in products such as PDAs, Palm devices, printers, desktop adapters, notebooks, and digital cameras.
Home (http://www.irda.org).
IrDA Serial Infrared Interface (http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda.html).
Linux-IrDA support (http://www.cs.uit.no/linux-irda/).
