JoyIT_IR_Remote_Receiver

Note

This library was forked to make it installable and making it compatible with the Raspberry Pi 5. Therefore 'RPi.GPIO' is exchanged with 'gpiozero'.

Installation

pip install JoyIT_IR_Remote_Receiver

Python 3 module for receiving IR remote control signals (NEC format) on a Raspberry Pi using a TSOP382 IR Receiver

This module includes one example file. For my testing I used several remotes from around my house, the example file includes the codes for the Sparkfun 9 button remote.

Connection

The TSOP382 IR receiver has 3 legs which are connected as follows:

• 1 - PI GPIO - Pin 16 is used in the example
• 2 - Pi Gnd
• 3 - Pi 3.3V

Usage

To set up a IR object use:

ir = IRModule.IRRemote(callback=yourfunctname)

To set up the Pi GPIO callback the following is required

IR = DigitalInputDevice(pin = irPin, bounce_time = 0.000005)   # irPin = Pi pin connected to the output of the TSOP382 receiver
IR.when_activated =ir.pWidth
IR.when_deactivated =ir.pWidth 

To setup your program to provide the IR code being sent use the following

ir.set_callback('DECODE')

To get a listing of the time spans of the IR pulse highs and lows use

ir.set_verbose(True)

Current user functions include:

set_callback(callback = yourfunctname)
remove_callback()
set_verbose(verbose = False)
set_repeat(repeat = True)

Updates

Apr 3, 2020 Update

• added repeat code recognition functionality
• added the set_repeat() function to enable/disable the repeat code functionality

Noc 25, 2025 Update

• exchanged 'RPi.GPIO' with 'gpiozero' to ensure compatibility with Raspberry Pi 5
• made library installable

Mar 2, 2026 Update

• added repository to PyPi