Dongle泛指任何能插到電腦上的小型硬體，PC TV dongle則是用來在PC上觀看電視節目所用的擴充裝置。一般來說，依照採用的電視訊號規格，PC TV dongle可區分成兩大類：若使用的訊源為數位訊號，則屬於數位PC TV dongle；若使用的是類比訊號，則屬於類比PC TV dongle。全球各地皆有不同的採納階段，且推行的廣播標準也不盡相同。
This application report describes the use of Timer_A3 to decode RC5 and SIRC TV IR remote control signals. The decoder described in this report is interrupt-driven and operates a background function using specific features the Timer_A3. Only a small portion of the MSP430 CPU?s nonreal-time resources is used. Specific hardware bit-latching capabilities of the Timer_A3 module are used for real-time decoding of the IR data signal, independent
and asynchronous to the CPU. CPU activity and power consumption are kept to an absolute minimum level. The Timer_A3 decoder implementation also allows other tasks to occur simultaneously if required. The solutions provided are written specifically for MSP430x11x(1) and MSP430x12x derivatives, but can be adapted to any other MSP430 incorporating Timer_A3.
電視遙控器設計基於MSP430
