Using an IR remote control receiver as an interrupter in a light with WS2812 LEDs on ESP32 and Ardui

I have a question how can I use the receiver for the IR remote control as an interrupt ? I mean exactly that I built a lamp for the children's room. And during the animation on the WS2812 LEDs (16x16), the remote control is obviously not working because the controller is busy with another part of the program. Or is there any other way to make the remote control "active" all the time during program execution ? I tried to set the interrupt as IR leg in the setup but it doesn't work at all. I hope there is some way. Or maybe I run one core only as IR support ?

I am using ESP32 and Arduino.

You have said more than you have said.
You can guess the code you have with delay()

Code?

Juni[] r wrote:

Or is there another way to make the remote control "active" all the time during program execution ?

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Yes, execute the handler in a separate thread since you are using ESP32.

Juni[] r wrote:

Or maybe I run one core only as an IR handler ?

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You can, but this also needs to be a separate thread.

JacekCz is about whether it is possible - as for the code, I will write it quickly



There in the loop there are many animations depending on the variable "check" but I did not paste because it would clutter the screen