Use a remote control to change the lights on a Circuit Playground Express

code.py

import pulseio
import board
import time
import neopixel
import touchio
import adafruit_irremote
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull

power = True
color = (255, 255, 255)
brightness = 0.1
sleep = 1.0
timeout = 60 * 30
ticks = 0.0

# NeoPixels
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 10, auto_write=False)
pulsein = pulseio.PulseIn(board.IR_RX, maxlen=120, idle_state=True)
decoder = adafruit_irremote.GenericDecode()

# Toggle Switch
switch = DigitalInOut(board.SLIDE_SWITCH)
switch.direction = Direction.INPUT
switch.pull = Pull.UP

# Button A
button_a = DigitalInOut(board.BUTTON_A)
button_a.direction = Direction.INPUT
button_a.pull = Pull.DOWN

# Button B
button_b = DigitalInOut(board.BUTTON_B)
button_b.direction = Direction.INPUT
button_b.pull = Pull.DOWN

# Touchpads
touchpad_1 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A1)
touchpad_2 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A2)
touchpad_3 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A3)
touchpad_4 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A4)
touchpad_5 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A5)
touchpad_6 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A6)
touchpad_7 = touchio.TouchIn(board.A7)

# Color Palette by Receive Code
palette = {
    1: (255,   0,   0), # Touchpad 1
    2: (  0, 255,   0), # Touchpad 2
    3: (  0,   0, 255), # Touchpad 3
    4: (  0, 255, 255), # Touchpad 4
    5: (255,   0, 255), # Touchpad 5
    6: (255, 255,   0), # Touchpad 6
    7: (255, 255, 255), # Touchpad 7
  123: (255,   0,   0), # 1
  187: (  0, 255,   0), # 2
   59: (  0,   0, 255), # 3
  219: (  0, 255, 255), # 4
   91: (255,   0, 255), # 5
  155: (255, 255,   0), # 6
   27: (128, 255,  64), # 7
  235: ( 64, 128, 255), # 8
  107: (255,  64, 128), # 9
   51: (255, 255, 255)  # 0
}

def get_touchpad():
    if   touchpad_1.value: return 1
    elif touchpad_2.value: return 2
    elif touchpad_3.value: return 3
    elif touchpad_4.value: return 4
    elif touchpad_5.value: return 5
    elif touchpad_6.value: return 6
    elif touchpad_7.value: return 7
    else                 : return False

def translate(pulses):
    try:
        return decoder.decode_bits(pulses) if pulses else False
    except adafruit_irremote.IRNECRepeatException:
        return False
    except adafruit_irremote.IRDecodeException as e:
        print("Failed to decode: ", e.args)
        return False

def show_pixels():
    for index in range(10):
        pixels[index] = color if power else (0, 0, 0)
        pixels.brightness = brightness
    pixels.show()

while True:
    received_code = translate(decoder.read_pulses(pulsein, blocking=False))
    touchpad = get_touchpad()

    if received_code:
        print("NEC Infrared code received: ", received_code)
        received_code = received_code[-1]

    if button_a.value:
        brightness = brightness + 0.1 if brightness < 1.0 else 1.0
    if button_b.value:
        brightness = brightness - 0.1 if brightness > 0.0 else 1.0

    if touchpad:
        color = palette[touchpad]
    elif not received_code:
        if ticks > timeout:
            ticks = 0.0
            power = False
        elif power and switch.value:
            ticks += sleep
    elif received_code == 47: # Power
        ticks = 0.0
        power = not power
    elif received_code == 103: # Channel +
        brightness = brightness + 0.05 if brightness < 1.0 else 1.0
    elif received_code == 231: # Channel -
        brightness = brightness - 0.05 if brightness > 0.0 else 0.0
    elif received_code == 159: # Fast Forward
        brightness = 1.0
    elif received_code == 31: # Rewind
        brightness = 0.01
    elif received_code in palette:
        color = palette[received_code]

    show_pixels()
    time.sleep(sleep)