Built-in project · Arduino Uno R3

IR remote codes on pin 12, on an Arduino Uno

An infrared receiver on pin 12: press a button on the remote and the IRremote library prints the code it sends, the full 32-bit NEC value the lesson’s table lists. The whole build, an Arduino Uno and 2 more parts, runs here in your browser on the firmware below; open it in the editor to change the wiring or the code and run it again.

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IR remote codes on pin 12 · Arduino Uno R3live0.000 s 0.00x
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The circuit itself, running here on the simulator. Press what can be pressed; click anything else to open it in the editor.

The code

The firmware exactly as the editor opens it. Change a line there and press Run: it compiles in the browser.

sketch.ino · Arduino Uno R3
// Read a remote control: an IR receiver on pin 12.
//
//   receiver OUT -> pin 12   VCC -> 5V   GND -> GND
//
// Each button sends an address and a command. Printed as one 32-bit NEC
// value, as older code and many tutorials list them, the 0 button is
// FF6897 and the 1 button FF30CF.
//
// Click a button on the remote on the canvas.

// The simulated remote speaks NEC, so only that decoder is compiled in.
#define DECODE_NEC
#include <IRremote.hpp>

const int RECEIVER = 12;

// The classic 32-bit NEC value: address, its inverse, command, its inverse,
// each byte sent least significant bit first.
unsigned long classicCode(uint8_t address, uint8_t command) {
  unsigned long code = 0;
  uint8_t bytes[4] = {address, (uint8_t)~address, command, (uint8_t)~command};
  for (int b = 0; b < 4; b++) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) code = (code << 1) | ((bytes[b] >> i) & 1);
  }
  return code;
}

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  IrReceiver.begin(RECEIVER, ENABLE_LED_FEEDBACK);
  Serial.println("UNO is ready! Press a button on the remote.");
}

void loop() {
  if (!IrReceiver.decode()) return;
  bool repeat = IrReceiver.decodedIRData.flags & IRDATA_FLAGS_IS_REPEAT;
  uint8_t address = IrReceiver.decodedIRData.address;
  uint8_t command = IrReceiver.decodedIRData.command;
  IrReceiver.resume();
  if (repeat) return;
  Serial.println(classicCode(address, command), HEX);
}

Parts list

4 parts, plus the jumper wires. They retail for about $32; on Mokxi they're free.

How it is wired

4 connections, pin by pin, read from the circuit itself. Each line is one set of pins joined together, by a jumper wire or a breadboard strip.

  • Ground: Arduino Uno R3 pin GND; Infrared receiver, VS1838B pin GND
  • Arduino Uno R3 pin 12; Infrared receiver, VS1838B pin OUT
  • Arduino Uno R3 pin 5V; Infrared receiver, VS1838B pin VCC
  • Infrared receiver, VS1838B pin IR; Infrared remote, 21 buttons pin IR

Change it and keep it

Open it in the editor, change the circuit or the code, and keep your version in a free account.