I have done a simple infrared remote control receiver with RS232 ascii output. It can be used for developing remote controls on a PC using the serial port. In practice, the infrared bursts are converted in ascii characters and sent to the RS232 port. The downloadable ZIP file contains the schematic diagram
, the printed circuit board, the components disposition and the object file to write into the ATMEL ATtiny2313 microcontroller.
General purpose infrared remote control receiver with RS232 output [Link]