More of a “Have you done this”, “can this be done” kind of a thing.

I have all the components I need to make a LIRC Arduino nano (with USB connection to Raspberry), but I don’t know if anyone else has done it, is there a guide of some sort? I found this http://www.harctoolbox.org/arduino_nano_part2.html#Introduction , but it isn’t 1:1 with what I’m looking for as far as I know.