Vendor Nunito as a TTF so the device renders in the right face

Slint cannot read woff2, which is the only form web/public/fonts/ carries, and Raspbian
has no fonts-nunito to install instead - so the device was going to fall back to
DejaVu Sans, which is not what any of this was drawn in. The upstream variable TTF
(SIL OFL, weights 200-1000) is small enough to vendor and covers every weight the
design uses, including the 800/900 the headings lean on.

SLINT_DEFAULT_FONT takes one file and makes it the primary font. shell.nix now points
at this copy rather than at nixpkgs' own, so development and the device render from the
identical file, and the binary falls back to finding it beside the executable when
neither the dev shell nor the device's launcher has set the variable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 generated_3d
 venv
+.venv
 build
+*.egg-info
 *.FCStd1
 *.blend1
+__pycache__
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+.pytest_cache
+.mypy_cache
+.ruff_cache
+.envrc
+.direnv

docs/REPO_OVERVIEW.md

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# MusicMouse — repo overview
+
+Orientation doc for AI agents (or humans) working on this repo for the first time.
+
+## What this is
+
+MusicMouse is a DIY, Toniebox-style physical music player for kids, shaped like a mouse
+and living on a shelf. Small 3D-printed animal figurines (fox, owl, dog, elephant,
+squirrel, crocodile, rabbit, snowman, puppy — see `hardware/3dprints/figures/`) each
+carry an RFID tag. Placing a figurine on the mouse starts that figure's playlist. The
+mouse also has a rotary encoder and capacitive touch areas (ears/feet) for
+volume/skip control, addressable RGBW LED rings with animated effects, and MQTT/Home
+Assistant integration.
+
+## Repo layout
+
+| Path | What it is |
+|---|---|
+| `python-backend/` | Python host application — the main runtime. Has its own `README.md` with the architecture; start there for backend work. |
+| `web/` | React + TypeScript front-end (Vite). Browse the whole library and play any of it from a browser. Built output is served by `python-backend` itself. |
+| `esp-firmware/` | ESP32 firmware (C++, Arduino framework via PlatformIO). Reads the RFID reader and buttons, drives the LED strips, talks to `python-backend` over serial. |
+| `hardware/` | 3D-print models for the figurines and enclosure (FreeCAD/Blender/OBJ/STL), a Fritzing electronics sketch, datasheets, and `pinout.md` (RFID reader + button-board wiring). |
+| `claude-design/` | The interaction and visual spec the web front-end was built from ("Dolphin Beats"), as a standalone HTML mockup with hardcoded data. `web/` is the real implementation; the mockup is kept as the reference for the keyboard model and the styling. It also contains a second page, "Mein Zimmer" (room lights), which is **not** implemented. |
+
+## How the pieces talk to each other
+
+- **ESP32 firmware ↔ `python-backend`**: a length-prefixed binary protocol over serial.
+  Frames are `uint32 magic | uint8 type | uint16 size | payload`, little-endian, with
+  firmware log text interleaved on the same link. The Python side lives in
+  `python-backend/musicmouse/devices/wire.py`, the firmware side in
+  `esp-firmware/src/Messages.h`.
+
+  The contract is hand-duplicated in two languages. `tests/test_wire.py` parses
+  `Messages.h` and fails if the message ids drift, and `tests/test_effects.py` pins the
+  exact bytes of every effect payload — so a firmware change that breaks the host now
+  breaks a test instead of just the LEDs.
+
+- **`python-backend` ↔ `web/`**: JSON over HTTP for the library and for commands, plus a
+  push-only websocket at `/api/ws` for state. Commands emit exactly the same *intents*
+  the physical buttons emit, so the web UI has no privileged path — and no way to get
+  out of step with a figure someone puts on the reader. See
+  `python-backend/README.md` for the endpoint list.
+
+- **`python-backend` ↔ Home Assistant**: MQTT only. The backend publishes three
+  discoverable lights, a player sensor, a volume number, transport buttons, device
+  triggers for every button and touch area, and a tag scanner for the RFID reader. It
+  does *not* call Home Assistant services directly any more; behaviour like "the left
+  ear turns the room light pink" is an HA automation. See `python-backend/README.md`
+  for the trigger topics and the old colour mapping.
+
+## Running it
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config /media/musicmouse/config.yml
+```
+
+On a machine with no mouse attached — real audio and a real web UI, no serial port:
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --no-hardware
+```
+
+`general.serial_port: simulate` does the same thing from the config, and
+`general.alsa_device: simulate` swaps in a silent player. Both warn at startup, and
+both keys are required - omitting one is an error rather than an implicit simulation.
+
+Or with no hardware *and* no audio:
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --simulate
+```
+
+The simulator runs the whole app against a fake serial link and a fake player, either
+interactively or from a scenario file. `python-backend/musicmouse.service` is the
+systemd unit for the device.
+
+For front-end work, run the backend (either way above) and then:
+
+```sh
+cd web && npm install && npm run dev     # http://localhost:5173, /api proxied to :8080
+```
+
+`npm run build` writes `web/dist`, which `general.web.static_dir` points at in
+production so one process serves both the UI and the API.
+
+## Config
+
+`python-backend/config.yml.example` documents the schema. In short:
+
+- `general.{library.*, serial_port, baudrate, reconnect_interval, alsa_device,
+  min_volume, max_volume, initial_volume, volume_increment, button_leds_brightness,
+  audio_extensions, mqtt.*, web.*}`
+- `figures.<name>.{id, colors}` — `id` is a 5-byte hex RFID tag, unique per figure;
+  `colors` is exactly four (`primary, secondary, bg, accent`), each `"#rrggbb"` or
+  `"wNN"`.
+
+`general.library.root` is the one path to the music. The shelves under it are fixed
+names, not settings, because each has quirks the scanner knows about:
+
+```
+<root>/Figuren/<figure name>/          one folder per figurine
+<root>/Musik/<Artist> - <Album>/       albums, grouped by artist
+<root>/Hörbücher/<Artist> - <Album>/   audiobooks, grouped by character
+<root>/Kinderpodcasts/<Show>/          shows, newest episode first
+```
+
+Config is validated with pydantic: unknown keys are errors, and every problem is
+reported at once.
+
+## Notes for agents
+
+- The backend has `pytest`, `ruff` and `mypy --strict` configured in
+  `python-backend/pyproject.toml`, and no CI. Run all three before proposing changes.
+- Prefer adding a scenario in `python-backend/scenarios/` over a hand-rolled test when
+  the behaviour is end-to-end — those files are executed by the test suite.
+- `python-backend/notebooks/` is university course material on chord recognition, not
+  part of the app.
+- The firmware has no automated tests beyond a PlatformIO `native` env for LED effects.
+- The front-end has `vitest` over the pure modules (`web/src/lib/`) and `tsc --noEmit`;
+  there is no component-level test harness. `npm run test` and `npx tsc --noEmit` are
+  the two checks.
+- The library index is cached under `general.library.cache`. It is keyed by file mtime
+  and size, so **a change to how the scanner derives a title, artist or series is
+  invisible until the cache is invalidated** — bump `_INDEX_VERSION` in
+  `musicmouse/library/cache.py` when you touch that logic.
+- Track analysis (librosa) runs in a pool of worker *processes* - see
+  `musicmouse/library/workers.py`. Anything an `Analyzer` returns therefore has to be
+  picklable, and an analyzer that records state in its own instance (a test double
+  counting calls) only behaves as written with `analysis_workers=1`.

esp-firmware/.vscode/extensions.json

@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
     // for the documentation about the extensions.json format
     "recommendations": [
         "platformio.platformio-ide"
+    ],
+    "unwantedRecommendations": [
+        "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack"
     ]
 }

esp-firmware/.vscode/settings.json

@@ -43,5 +43,15 @@
     "cinttypes": "cpp",
     "utility": "cpp",
     "typeinfo": "cpp"
+  },
+  "vsmqtt.brokerProfiles": [
+    {
+      "name": "homeassistant",
+      "host": "homeassistant",
+      "port": 1883,
+      "username": "musicmouse",
+      "clientId": "vsmqtt_client",
+      "password": "KNLEFLZF94yA6Zhj141",
     }
+  ]
 }

esp-firmware/lib/ledtl/effects/Common.h

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ enum class EffectId
   RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION,
   SWIPE_AND_CHANGE, // combination of ALEXA_SWIPE and RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION
   REVERSE_SWIPE,
+  STATIC_DETAILED,
 };
 
 template <EffectId id>

esp-firmware/lib/ledtl/effects/Static.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "effects/Common.h"
 #include "helpers/ColorRGBW.h"
 
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
 struct EffectStaticConfig
 {
   EffectStaticConfig(const ColorRGBW &c = ColorRGBW{0, 0, 0, 0}, uint16_t beg = 0, uint16_t en = 0)
@@ -12,12 +13,14 @@ struct EffectStaticConfig
   uint16_t begin = 0;
   uint16_t end = 0;
 };
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 template <typename TLedStrip>
 class EffectStatic
 {
 public:
   static constexpr auto NUM_LEDS = numLeds<TLedStrip>();
+  using ConfigType = EffectStaticConfig;
 
   EffectStatic(const EffectStaticConfig &cfg, TLedStrip &ledStrip)
       : config_(cfg),

esp-firmware/lib/ledtl/effects/StaticDetailed.h

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "effects/Common.h"
+#include "helpers/ColorRGBW.h"
+#include "helpers/ColorConversions.h"
+
+
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+struct EffectStaticDetailedConfig
+{
+  EffectStaticDetailedConfig(const ColorRGBW &c = ColorRGBW{0, 0, 0, 0}, uint16_t beg = 0, uint16_t en = 0)
+      : color(c), begin(beg), end(en) {}
+
+  ColorRGBW color;
+  uint16_t increment = 1;
+  float begin = 0.0f;
+  float end = 0.0f;
+  float transition_time_in_ms = 0.0f;
+};
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
+template <typename TLedStrip>
+class EffectStaticDetailed
+{
+public:
+  static constexpr auto NUM_LEDS = numLeds<TLedStrip>();
+  static constexpr int DELAY_MS = 10;
+  using ConfigType = EffectStaticDetailedConfig;
+
+  EffectStaticDetailed(const EffectStaticDetailedConfig &cfg, TLedStrip &ledStrip)
+      : config_(cfg),
+        ledStrip_(ledStrip)
+  {
+    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; ++i)
+      state_[i] = getLedRGBW(ledStrip_, i);
+
+    beginIdx_ = constrain(static_cast<int>(cfg.begin * NUM_LEDS + 0.5f), 0, NUM_LEDS - 1);
+    endIdx_ =   constrain(static_cast<int>(cfg.end   * NUM_LEDS + 0.5f), 0, NUM_LEDS - 1);
+    while (endIdx_ < beginIdx_)
+      endIdx_ += NUM_LEDS;
+  }
+
+  bool finished() const { return finished_; }
+
+  int operator()()
+  {
+    if (finished_)
+      return 1000000;
+
+    const float progress = config_.transition_time_in_ms > 0.0f ? static_cast<float>(DELAY_MS * calls_) / config_.transition_time_in_ms : 1.f;
+
+    // Finished case
+    if (config_.transition_time_in_ms <= 0.0f || progress >= 1.0)
+    {
+      finished_ = true;
+      clear(ledStrip_);
+      for (int i = beginIdx_; i < endIdx_; i += config_.increment)
+        setLedRGBW(ledStrip_, i % NUM_LEDS, config_.color);
+      return 10000000;
+    }
+
+    // In-progress case
+    clear(ledStrip_);
+    for (int i = beginIdx_; i < endIdx_; i += config_.increment)
+    {
+      const auto idx = i % NUM_LEDS;
+      ColorRGBW newColor = ColorRGBW::interpolate(state_[idx], config_.color, progress);
+      setLedRGBW(ledStrip_, idx, newColor);
+    }
+
+    ++calls_;
+    return DELAY_MS;
+  }
+
+private:
+  static int int_interpolate(int prev, int next, float progress)
+  {
+    return static_cast<float>(prev) * (1 - progress) +
+           static_cast<float>(next) * progress;
+  }
+  EffectStaticDetailedConfig config_;
+  TLedStrip &ledStrip_;
+  ColorRGBW state_[NUM_LEDS];
+  int beginIdx_;
+  int endIdx_;
+  int calls_ = 0;
+  bool finished_ = false;
+};
+
+// Traits
+template <>
+struct EffectIdToConfig<EffectId::STATIC_DETAILED>
+{
+  using type = EffectStaticDetailedConfig;
+};
+
+template <>
+struct EffectConfigToId<EffectStaticDetailedConfig>
+{
+  static constexpr auto id = EffectId::STATIC_DETAILED;
+};
+
+template <typename TLedStrip>
+struct EffectIdToClass<EffectId::STATIC_DETAILED, TLedStrip>
+{
+  using type = EffectStaticDetailed<TLedStrip>;
+};

esp-firmware/lib/ledtl/helpers/ColorRGBW.h

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+struct ColorRGBW
+{
+  uint8_t r, g, b, w;
+
+  ColorRGBW operator*(float s) const
+  {
+    return {uint8_t(s * r),
+            uint8_t(s * g),
+            uint8_t(s * b),
+            uint8_t(s * w)};
+  }
+
+  static inline ColorRGBW interpolate(const ColorRGBW &c1, const ColorRGBW &c2, float f)
+  {
+    return ColorRGBW{
+        static_cast<uint8_t>((1.0f - f) * static_cast<float>(c1.r) + f * static_cast<float>(c2.r)),
+        static_cast<uint8_t>((1.0f - f) * static_cast<float>(c1.g) + f * static_cast<float>(c2.g)),
+        static_cast<uint8_t>((1.0f - f) * static_cast<float>(c1.b) + f * static_cast<float>(c2.b)),
+        static_cast<uint8_t>((1.0f - f) * static_cast<float>(c1.w) + f * static_cast<float>(c2.w)),
+    };
+  }
+};

esp-firmware/src/Messages.h

@@ -104,14 +104,22 @@ enum class MessageHostToFw : uint8_t
   LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION = 3,
   LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE = 4,
   LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE = 5,
+
   MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_STATIC = 6,
   MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_CIRCULAR = 7,
   MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION = 8,
   MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE = 9,
   MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE = 10,
 
-  PREV_BUTTON_LED = 20,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_STATIC = 15,
-  NEXT_BUTTON_LED = 21,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_CIRCULAR = 16,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION = 17,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE = 18,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE = 19,
+  SHELF_LED_EFFECT_STATIC_DETAILED = 20,
+
+  PREV_BUTTON_LED = 21,
+  NEXT_BUTTON_LED = 22,
 };
 
 template <>
@@ -158,8 +166,21 @@ void sendMessageToHost(const TMessage &msg)
   Serial.write((uint8_t *)&msg, sizeof(msg));
 }
 
-template <typename LedTask1, typename LedTask2>
+template <typename TEffectConfig, typename TLedTask>
-inline void handleIncomingMessagesFromHost(LedTask1 *ledTaskCircle, LedTask2 *ledTaskMouse, uint8_t ledChannelLeft, uint8_t ledChannelRight)
+inline bool handleLedEffect(TLedTask *ledTask, MessageHostToFw msgType, MessageHostToFw incomingMsgType, uint8_t *msgBuffer)
+{
+  if (msgType == incomingMsgType)
+  {
+    auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<TEffectConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    ledTask->startEffect(*cfg);
+    return true;
+  }
+  else
+    return false;
+}
+
+template <typename LedTask1, typename LedTask2, typename LedTaskShelf>
+inline void handleIncomingMessagesFromHost(LedTask1 *ledTaskCircle, LedTask2 *ledTaskMouse, LedTaskShelf *ledTaskShelf, uint8_t ledChannelLeft, uint8_t ledChannelRight)
 {
   if (Serial.available() < sizeof(MAGIC_TOKEN_FW_TO_HOST) + sizeof(MessageHostToFw) + sizeof(uint16_t))
     return;
@@ -180,65 +201,36 @@ inline void handleIncomingMessagesFromHost(LedTask1 *ledTaskCircle, LedTask2 *le
 
   static constexpr int maxIncomingBufferSize = 1024;
   static uint8_t msgBuffer[maxIncomingBufferSize];
+
   if (msgSize < maxIncomingBufferSize)
   {
     Serial.readBytes(msgBuffer, msgSize);
-    if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_STATIC)
+
-    {
+    // clang-format off
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectStaticConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    // LED Circle
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
+         if(handleLedEffect<EffectStaticConfig                     >(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_STATIC,                         msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    }
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectAlexaSwipeConfig                 >(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_ALEXA_SWIPE,                    msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_ALEXA_SWIPE)
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectCircularConfig                   >(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_CIRCULAR,                       msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    {
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig>(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION, msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectAlexaSwipeConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectSwipeAndChangeConfig             >(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE,               msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectReverseSwipeConfig               >(ledTaskCircle, MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE,                  msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    }
+
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_CIRCULAR)
+    // Mouse LEDs
-    {
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectStaticConfig                     >(ledTaskMouse, MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_STATIC,                          msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectCircularConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectCircularConfig                   >(ledTaskMouse, MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_CIRCULAR,                        msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig>(ledTaskMouse, MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION,  msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    }
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectSwipeAndChangeConfig             >(ledTaskMouse, MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE,                msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION)
+    else if(handleLedEffect<EffectReverseSwipeConfig               >(ledTaskMouse, MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE,                   msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    {
+
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    // Shelf LEDs
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectStaticConfig                     >(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_STATIC,                          msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    }
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectCircularConfig                   >(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_CIRCULAR,                        msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE)
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig>(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION,  msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    {
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectSwipeAndChangeConfig             >(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE,                msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectSwipeAndChangeConfig *>(msgBuffer);
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectReverseSwipeConfig               >(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE,                   msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
+    else if (handleLedEffect<EffectStaticDetailedConfig             >(ledTaskShelf, MessageHostToFw::SHELF_LED_EFFECT_STATIC_DETAILED,                 msgType, msgBuffer)) {}
-    }
+    // clang-format on
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::LED_WHEEL_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE)
+
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectReverseSwipeConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskCircle->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
-    //
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_STATIC)
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectStaticConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskMouse->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_CIRCULAR)
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectCircularConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskMouse->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION)
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskMouse->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_SWIPE_AND_CHANGE)
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectSwipeAndChangeConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskMouse->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
-    else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::MOUSE_LED_EFFECT_REVERSE_SWIPE)
-    {
-      auto cfg = reinterpret_cast<EffectReverseSwipeConfig *>(msgBuffer);
-      ledTaskMouse->startEffect(*cfg);
-    }
     else if (msgType == MessageHostToFw::PREV_BUTTON_LED)
     {
       float *val = reinterpret_cast<float *>(msgBuffer);

esp-firmware/src/TaskLed.h

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void _led_task_func(void *params)
       // clang-format off
       if      (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::CIRCULAR                      >(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}
       else if (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::STATIC                        >(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}
+      else if (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::STATIC_DETAILED               >(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}
       else if (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::ALEXA_SWIPE                   >(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}
       else if (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::RANDOM_TWO_COLOR_INTERPOLATION>(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}
       else if (dispatchEffectId<EffectId::SWIPE_AND_CHANGE              >(id, effectFunction, ledStrip, msgBuffer, effectStorage)) {}

esp-firmware/src/main.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "drivers/Esp32DriverRGBW.h"
 #include "effects/Circular.h"
 #include "effects/Static.h"
+#include "effects/StaticDetailed.h"
 #include "effects/AlexaSwipe.h"
 #include "effects/RandomTwoColorInterpolation.h"
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ void setupMouseLeds()
 
 // -------------------------------------------------- Shelf Leds -------------------------------------------
 
-LedStripRGBW<250> ledStripShelf;
+LedStripRGBW<252> ledStripShelf;
 Esp32DriverRGBW ledDriverShelf;
 LedTask<decltype(ledStripShelf)> ledTaskShelf;
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ void setupShelfLeds()
 {
   ledDriverShelf.begin(17, 2);
   ledTaskShelf.begin(ledStripShelf, ledDriverShelf);
-  ledTaskShelf.startEffect(EffectStaticConfig{ColorRGBW{0, 0, 30}, 0, 0});
+  ledTaskShelf.startEffect(EffectStaticConfig{ColorRGBW{0, 0, 0, 0}, 0, 0});
 }
 
 // -------------------------------------------------- Touch Buttons ----------------------------------------
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ void setup()
 
 void loop()
 {
-  handleIncomingMessagesFromHost(&ledTaskCircle, &ledTaskMouse, 0, 1);
+  handleIncomingMessagesFromHost(&ledTaskCircle, &ledTaskMouse, &ledTaskShelf, 0, 1);
   handleTouchInputs();
   handleRotaryEncoder();
   handleButtons();

esp-firmware/todo.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+- button hintergrund beleuchtung [ok]
+
+- playlisten 
+  - runterladen 
+
+- befestigung im regal
+  - winkel
+  - mehrfachsteckdose
+  - lan kabel
+
+- effekt kanal fuer audioeffekte
+  - "boing" etc runterladen
+
+- Fernbedienung wenn empfaenger da
+  - HA regeln fuer standard
+
+
+- ansible cleanup
+  - lirc 
+  - musicmouse kanal
+  - musicmouse effect kanal
+
+- home assistant anbindung
+  - events an HA (figur, button press, ...)
+  - mouse & ring leds von HA 
+  - HA device control (led fluter, rollos)
+  - regal licht von HA aus
+
+- Regal LEDs 
+  - kabel von musikmaus
+  - Leisten zuschneiden
+  - kabel auf richtige laenge zuschneiden 
+  - Kabel loeten
+  - im Arbeitszimmer testen
+  - Bonus: Ecken drucken
+
+- Effekte Regal LEDs
+
+- Musik-abhaengige Effekte

espmusicmouse/doc.md

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-
-Reader 
-----------
-
-- GND     black
-- RST     blue       3.3V
-- 3.3V    red
-- MISO    brown      21
-- SDA     green      19
-- SCK     yellow     18
-- MOSI    orange      5
-- IRQ     green single cable not connected
-
-
-Button Board:
--------------
-
-- rot in   | white  13
-- btn2 led | grey   12
-- btn2 in  | purple 14
-- rotB     | blue   27
-- rotA     | green  26
-- btn1 in  | yellow 25 
-- btn1 led | orange 33
-
-rot="rotary encoder"
-in=button sense in
-led = 5V pwm
-
-
-
-Firmware Planning
------------------
-
-- input commands:
-  - led: effect + parameters
-      - off
-      - single color
-      - multiple color HSV fade, list of colors with timings
-      - circular motion (already exists)
-      - chained events? e.g. circle two times then fade
-    - effects:
-      - welle fuer an und aus
-      - breathe waehrend an, oder farbgradient
-      - 
-- output infos:
-  - nfc read: with id
-  - nfc remove
-  - button presses, (possible also long press, double click, etc)
-  - rotary encoder up down + current numeric state
-  - on led effect end? 
-
-
-
-
-TODO
-----
-
-1) case redesign
-  - slightly smaller led ring (10mm -> 9mm)  [ok]
-  - thicker top of inner ring, but cutouts for reader [ok]
-  - adjust reader stands position [ok]
-  - bottom for led ring snap-in [ok]
-  - bottom for inner ring [ok]
-    - stands for own "pcb" [ok]
-  - 2 cutouts for cables  [ok]
-  - checks, compared to existing print
-    - same diameter, very slightly smaller
-    - larger overlap of LED ring
-    - minimal wall thickness for led ring top and side
-    - check total height - compare to existing
-
-
-

espmusicmouse/host_driver/host_driver.py

@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-import asyncio
-from enum import Enum
-import struct
-
-from led_cmds import *
-
-MAGIC_TOKEN_HOST_TO_FW = 0x1d6379e3
-MAGIC_TOKEN_FW_TO_HOST = 0x10c65631
-
-
-class MessageFwToHost(Enum):
-    RFID_TOKEN_READ = 0
-    ROTARY_ENCODER = 1
-    TOUCH_BUTTON_PRESS = 2
-    TOUCH_BUTTON_RELEASE = 3
-
-
-class TouchButton(Enum):
-    LEFT_FOOT = 0
-    RIGHT_FOOT = 1
-    LEFT_EAR = 2
-    RIGHT_EAR = 3
-
-
-led_ring_effect_to_message_id = {
-    EffectStaticConfig: 0,
-    EffectAlexaSwipeConfig: 1,
-    EffectCircularConfig: 2,
-    EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig: 3,
-    EffectSwipeAndChange: 4,
-    EffectReverseSwipe: 5,
-}
-
-mouse_led_effect_to_message_id = {
-    EffectStaticConfig: 6,
-    EffectCircularConfig: 7,
-    EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig: 8,
-    EffectSwipeAndChange: 9,
-    EffectReverseSwipe: 10,
-}
-
-mouse_leds_index_ranges = {
-    TouchButton.RIGHT_FOOT: (0, 6),
-    TouchButton.LEFT_FOOT: (6, 6 + 6),
-    TouchButton.LEFT_EAR: (6 + 6, 6 + 6 + 16),
-    TouchButton.RIGHT_EAR: (6 + 6 + 16, 6 + 6 + 16 + 17),
-}
-
-PREV_BUTTON_LED_MSG = 20
-NEXT_BUTTON_LED_MSG = 21
-
-
-class RfidTokenRead:
-    def __init__(self, id: bytes):
-        self.id = id
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "RFID Token (" + " ".join(f"{v:02x}" for v in self.id) + ")"
-
-
-class RotaryEncoderEvent:
-    def __init__(self, msg_content: bytes):
-        self.position, self.increment, self.direction = struct.unpack("<iiB", msg_content)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"Rotary event: pos {self.position}, incr {self.increment}, dir {self.direction}"
-
-
-class TouchButtonPress:
-    def __init__(self, msg_content: bytes):
-        val = int(msg_content[0])
-        self.touch_button = TouchButton(val)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return "Pressed " + repr(self.touch_button)
-
-
-class TouchButtonRelease:
-    def __init__(self, msg_content: bytes):
-        val = int(msg_content[0])
-        self.touch_button = TouchButton(val)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return "Released " + repr(self.touch_button)
-
-
-class ButtonEvent:
-    button_name = {1: 'left', 2: 'right', 3: 'rotary'}
-    event_name = {
-        0: 'pressed',
-        1: 'released',
-        2: 'clicked',
-        3: 'double_clicked',
-        4: 'long_pressed',
-        5: 'repeat_pressed',
-        6: 'long_released'
-    }
-
-    def __init__(self, msg_content: bytes):
-        button_nr, event_nr = struct.unpack("<BB", msg_content)
-        self.button = self.button_name[button_nr]
-        self.event = self.event_name[event_nr]
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Button {self.button} {self.event}"
-
-
-incomingMsgMap = {
-    0: RfidTokenRead,
-    1: RotaryEncoderEvent,
-    2: TouchButtonPress,
-    3: TouchButtonRelease,
-    4: ButtonEvent,
-}
-
-
-class MusicMouseProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super()
-        self._msg_callback = None
-
-    def register_message_callback(self, cb):
-        self._msg_callback = cb
-
-    def connection_made(self, transport):
-        self.transport = transport
-        self.in_buff = bytes()
-
-    def led_ring_effect(self, effect_cfg):
-        msg_content = effect_cfg.as_bytes()
-        header = struct.pack("<IBH", MAGIC_TOKEN_HOST_TO_FW,
-                             led_ring_effect_to_message_id[type(effect_cfg)], len(msg_content))
-        self.transport.write(header + msg_content)
-
-    def mouse_led_effect(self, effect_cfg):
-        msg_content = effect_cfg.as_bytes()
-        header = struct.pack("<IBH", MAGIC_TOKEN_HOST_TO_FW,
-                             mouse_led_effect_to_message_id[type(effect_cfg)], len(msg_content))
-        self.transport.write(header + msg_content)
-
-    def button_background_led_prev(self, val):
-        msg_content = struct.pack("<f", val)
-        header = struct.pack("<IBH", MAGIC_TOKEN_HOST_TO_FW, PREV_BUTTON_LED_MSG, len(msg_content))
-        self.transport.write(header + msg_content)
-
-    def button_background_led_next(self, val):
-        msg_content = struct.pack("<f", val)
-        header = struct.pack("<IBH", MAGIC_TOKEN_HOST_TO_FW, NEXT_BUTTON_LED_MSG, len(msg_content))
-        self.transport.write(header + msg_content)
-
-    def data_received(self, data):
-        self.in_buff += data
-        self._parse_message()
-
-    def connection_lost(self, exc):
-        print('port closed')
-        self.transport.loop.stop()
-
-    def pause_writing(self):
-        print('pause writing')
-        print(self.transport.get_write_buffer_size())
-
-    def resume_writing(self):
-        print(self.transport.get_write_buffer_size())
-        print('resume writing')
-
-    def _parse_message(self):
-        HEADER_SIZE = 4 + 1 + 2
-        if len(self.in_buff) == 0:
-            return
-        if len(self.in_buff) >= HEADER_SIZE:
-            token, msg_type, msg_size = struct.unpack("<IBH", self.in_buff[:HEADER_SIZE])
-            if token == MAGIC_TOKEN_FW_TO_HOST and len(self.in_buff) >= HEADER_SIZE + msg_size:
-                self._on_msg_receive(msg_type, self.in_buff[HEADER_SIZE:HEADER_SIZE + msg_size])
-                self.in_buff = self.in_buff[HEADER_SIZE + msg_size:]
-            else:
-                idx = self.in_buff.find("\n".encode())
-                if idx >= 0:
-                    text_msg = self.in_buff[:idx]
-                    print("LOG:", text_msg.decode())
-                    self.in_buff = self.in_buff[idx + 1:]
-
-    def _on_msg_receive(self, msg_type, msg_payload):
-        parsed_msg = incomingMsgMap[msg_type](msg_payload)
-        if self._msg_callback is not None:
-            self._msg_callback(self, parsed_msg)

espmusicmouse/host_driver/led_cmds.py

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-import struct
-import colorsys
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ColorRGBW:
-    r: float
-    g: float
-    b: float
-    w: float
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"#({self.r}, {self.g}, {self.b}, {self.w})"
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        assert self.is_valid(), "Trying to send invalid " + repr(self)
-        return struct.pack("<BBBB", int(self.r * 255), int(self.g * 255), int(self.b * 255),
-                           int(self.w * 255))
-
-    def is_valid(self):
-        vals = (self.r, self.g, self.b, self.w)
-        return all(0 <= v <= 1 for v in vals)
-
-
-@dataclass
-class ColorHSV:
-    h: float
-    s: float
-    v: float
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def fromRGB(rgb):
-        conv = colorsys.rgb_to_hsv(rgb.r, rgb.g, rgb.b)
-        return ColorHSV(conv[0] * 360, conv[1], conv[2])
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"ColorHSV({self.h}, {self.s}, {self.v})"
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return struct.pack("<fff", self.h, self.s, self.v)
-
-    def is_valid(self):
-        if not 0 <= self.h <= 360:
-            return False
-        if not 0 <= self.s <= 1:
-            return False
-        if not 0 <= self.v <= 2:
-            return False
-        return True
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectStaticConfig:
-    color: ColorRGBW
-    begin: int = 0
-    end: int = 0
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"EffectStaticConfig {str(self.color)}, beg: {self.begin}, end {self.end}"
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return self.color.as_bytes() + struct.pack("<HH", self.begin, self.end)
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectAlexaSwipeConfig:
-    primary_color_width: float = 20  # in degrees
-    transition_width: float = 30  # in degrees
-    swipe_speed: float = 2 * 360  # in degrees per second
-    bell_curve_width_in_leds: float = 3
-    start_position: float = 180  # in degrees
-    forward: bool = True
-    primary_color: ColorRGBW = ColorRGBW(0, 0, 1, 0)
-    secondary_color: ColorRGBW = ColorRGBW(0, 200 / 255, 1, 0)
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return struct.pack(
-            "<fffff?", self.primary_color_width, self.transition_width, self.swipe_speed,
-            self.bell_curve_width_in_leds, self.start_position,
-            self.forward) + self.primary_color.as_bytes() + self.secondary_color.as_bytes()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"EffectAlexaSwipe primary {str(self.primary_color)}, {str(self.secondary_color)}"
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig:
-    cycle_durations_ms: int = 6000
-    start_with_existing: bool = True
-    num_segments: int = 3
-    hue1_random: bool = False
-    hue2_random: bool = False
-    color1: ColorHSV = ColorHSV(240, 1, 1)
-    color2: ColorHSV = ColorHSV(192, 1, 1)
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        c1 = ColorHSV.fromRGB(self.color1) if isinstance(self.color1, ColorRGBW) else self.color1
-        c2 = ColorHSV.fromRGB(self.color2) if isinstance(self.color2, ColorRGBW) else self.color2
-        return struct.pack("<i?i??", self.cycle_durations_ms, self.start_with_existing,
-                           self.num_segments, self.hue1_random,
-                           self.hue2_random) + c1.as_bytes() + c2.as_bytes()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return f"RandTwoColor {str(self.color1)}, {str(self.color2)}, segments {self.num_segments}"
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectCircularConfig:
-    speed: float = 360  # in degrees per second
-    width: float = 180  # in degrees
-    color: ColorRGBW = ColorRGBW(0, 0, 1, 0)
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return struct.pack("<ff", self.speed, self.width) + self.color.as_bytes()
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectSwipeAndChange:
-    swipe: EffectAlexaSwipeConfig = EffectAlexaSwipeConfig()
-    change: EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig = EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig()
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return self.swipe.as_bytes() + self.change.as_bytes()
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Swipe and Change: \n   {str(self.swipe)}\n   {str(self.change)}"
-
-
-@dataclass
-class EffectReverseSwipe:
-    swipeSpeed: float = 2 * 360
-    bellCurveWidthInLeds: float = 3
-    startPosition: float = 180
-
-    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
-        return struct.pack("<fff", self.swipeSpeed, self.bellCurveWidthInLeds, self.startPosition)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Reverse swipe, speed {self.swipeSpeed}, width in leds {self.bellCurveWidthInLeds}, start position {self.startPosition}"

espmusicmouse/host_driver/main.py

@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import asyncio
-import sys
-import serial_asyncio
-from led_cmds import (ColorRGBW, ColorHSV, EffectStaticConfig,
-                      EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig, EffectAlexaSwipeConfig,
-                      EffectSwipeAndChange, EffectReverseSwipe)
-from host_driver import MusicMouseProtocol, RfidTokenRead, RotaryEncoderEvent, ButtonEvent, TouchButton, TouchButtonPress, TouchButtonRelease, mouse_leds_index_ranges
-from player import AudioPlayer
-from glob import glob
-from copy import deepcopy
-import os
-from hass_client import HomeAssistantClient
-import argparse
-from ruamel.yaml import YAML
-import warnings
-from pprint import pprint
-
-yaml = YAML(typ='safe')
-
-OFF_COLOR = ColorRGBW(0, 0, 0, 0)
-
-
-def parse_color(color_str: str):
-    if isinstance(color_str, ColorRGBW):
-        return color_str
-    elif color_str.startswith("#"):
-        color_str = color_str.lstrip('#')
-        t = tuple(int(color_str[i:i + 2], 16) / 255 for i in (0, 2, 4))
-        return ColorRGBW(*t, 0)
-    elif color_str.startswith("w"):
-        color_str = color_str.lstrip("w")
-        return ColorRGBW(0, 0, 0, int(color_str, 16) / 255)
-
-
-def load_config(config_path):
-    with open(os.path.join(config_path, "config.yml")) as cfg_file:
-        cfg = yaml.load(cfg_file)
-    for figure_name, figure_cfg in cfg["figures"].items():
-        figure_cfg["colors"] = [parse_color(c) for c in figure_cfg["colors"]]
-        if 'media_files' not in figure_cfg:
-            figure_cfg['media_files'] = sorted(glob(os.path.join(config_path, figure_name)))
-    return cfg
-
-
-def hass_service(hass, domain, service, **kwargs):
-    asyncio.create_task(hass.call_service(domain, service, kwargs))
-
-
-class MusicMouseState:
-    def __init__(self, protocol: MusicMouseProtocol):
-        self.current_figure: str = None
-        self.last_figure: str = None
-        self.current_mouse_led_effect = None
-        self.current_led_ring_effect = None
-        self.protocol: MusicMouseProtocol = protocol
-        self.button_led_brightness = None
-
-    def mouse_led_effect(self, effect_cfg):
-        self.current_mouse_led_effect = effect_cfg
-        self.protocol.mouse_led_effect(effect_cfg)
-
-    def led_ring_effect(self, effect_cfg):
-        self.current_led_ring_effect = effect_cfg
-        self.protocol.led_ring_effect(effect_cfg)
-
-    def button_leds(self, brightness):
-        assert 0 <= brightness <= 1
-        self.protocol.button_background_led_prev(brightness)
-        self.protocol.button_background_led_next(brightness)
-        self.button_led_brightness = brightness
-
-    def reset(self):
-        self.mouse_led_effect(EffectStaticConfig(OFF_COLOR))
-        self.led_ring_effect(EffectStaticConfig(OFF_COLOR))
-
-    def figure_placed(self, figure_state):
-        self.last_figure = self.current_figure
-        self.current_figure = figure_state
-
-    def figure_removed(self):
-        self.last_figure = self.current_figure
-
-
-class Controller:
-    def __init__(self, protocol, hass, cfg):
-        self.cfg = cfg
-        self.audio_player = AudioPlayer(cfg["general"]["alsa_device"])
-        self.audio_player.set_volume(50)
-        self.mmstate = MusicMouseState(protocol)
-        self.protocol = protocol
-        self.hass = hass
-
-        vol_min = self.cfg["general"].get("min_volume", None)
-        vol_max = self.cfg["general"].get("max_volume", None)
-        self.audio_player.set_volume_limits(vol_min, vol_max)
-        protocol.register_message_callback(self.on_firmware_msg)
-
-        self.audio_player.on_playlist_end_callback = self._run_off_animation
-        self.playlists = {
-            fig: self.audio_player.create_playlist(fig_cfg['media_files'])
-            for fig, fig_cfg in cfg['figures'].items()
-        }
-        self._rfid_to_figure_name = {
-            bytes.fromhex(figure_cfg["id"]): figure_name
-            for figure_name, figure_cfg in cfg["figures"].items()
-        }
-
-    def handle_rfid_event(self, tagid):
-        if tagid == bytes.fromhex("0000000000"):
-            if self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                print("Got 000 rfid -> playing off animation")
-                self._run_off_animation()
-                self.audio_player.pause()
-            self.mmstate.figure_removed()
-        elif tagid in self._rfid_to_figure_name:
-            figure = self._rfid_to_figure_name[tagid]
-            primary_color, secondary_color, *rest = self.cfg["figures"][figure]["colors"]
-            self._start_animation(primary_color, secondary_color)
-            self.mmstate.button_leds(self.cfg["general"].get("button_leds_brightness", 0.5))
-
-            if figure in self.playlists:
-                self.audio_player.set_playlist(self.playlists[figure])
-                if self.mmstate.last_figure == figure:
-                    self.audio_player.play()
-                else:
-                    self.audio_player.play_from_start()
-
-            self.mmstate.figure_placed(figure)
-        else:
-            warnings.warn(f"Unknown figure/tag with id {tagid}")
-
-    def on_firmware_msg(self, _, message):
-        print("FW msg:", message)
-        if isinstance(message, RfidTokenRead):
-            self.handle_rfid_event(message.id)
-        elif isinstance(message, RotaryEncoderEvent):
-            volume_increment = self.cfg["general"].get("volume_increment", 2) * abs(
-                message.increment)
-            if message.direction == 2:
-                self.audio_player.change_volume(volume_increment)
-            elif message.direction == 1:
-                self.audio_player.change_volume(-volume_increment)
-        elif isinstance(message, ButtonEvent):
-            btn = message.button
-            if btn == "left" and message.event == "pressed" and self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                res = self.audio_player.previous()
-                print(f"Prev {res}")
-            elif btn == "right" and message.event == "pressed" and self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                res = self.audio_player.nex()
-                print(f"Next {res}")
-            elif message.button == "rotary" and message.event == "pressed":
-                hass_service(self.hass, "light", "toggle", entity_id="light.kinderzimmer_fluter")
-        elif isinstance(message, TouchButtonPress):
-            figure = self.mmstate.current_figure
-            if figure and self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                primary_color, secondary_color, bg, accent = self.cfg["figures"][figure]["colors"]
-                self.protocol.mouse_led_effect(
-                    EffectStaticConfig(accent, *mouse_leds_index_ranges[message.touch_button]))
-
-                colors = {
-                    TouchButton.RIGHT_FOOT: {
-                        'rgb_color': [235, 255, 67]
-                    },
-                    TouchButton.LEFT_FOOT: {
-                        'color_temp': 469
-                    },
-                    TouchButton.RIGHT_EAR: {
-                        'rgb_color': [101, 49, 255]
-                    },
-                    TouchButton.LEFT_EAR: {
-                        'rgb_color': [255, 74, 254]
-                    },
-                }
-                hass_service(self.hass,
-                             "light",
-                             "turn_on",
-                             entity_id="light.kinderzimmer_fluter",
-                             **colors[message.touch_button])
-
-        elif isinstance(message, TouchButtonRelease):
-            figure = self.mmstate.current_figure
-            eff_change = EffectRandomTwoColorInterpolationConfig()
-            eff_static = EffectStaticConfig(ColorRGBW(0, 0, 0, 0),
-                                            *mouse_leds_index_ranges[message.touch_button])
-            if self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                primary_color, secondary_color, bg, accent = self.cfg["figures"][figure]["colors"]
-                eff_static.color = primary_color
-            self.protocol.mouse_led_effect(eff_static)
-
-            if self.audio_player.is_playing():
-                primary_color, secondary_color, bg, accent = self.cfg["figures"][figure]["colors"]
-                eff_change.color1 = primary_color
-                eff_change.color2 = secondary_color
-                eff_change.start_with_existing = True
-                self.protocol.mouse_led_effect(eff_change)
-
-    def _start_animation(self, primary_color, secondary_color):
-        ring_eff = EffectSwipeAndChange()
-        ring_eff.swipe.primary_color = primary_color
-        ring_eff.swipe.secondary_color = secondary_color
-        ring_eff.swipe.swipe_speed = 180
-        ring_eff.change.color1 = primary_color
-        ring_eff.change.color2 = secondary_color
-        self.mmstate.led_ring_effect(ring_eff)
-
-        mouse_eff = deepcopy(ring_eff)
-        mouse_eff.swipe.start_position = 6 / 45 * 360
-        mouse_eff.swipe.bell_curve_width_in_leds = 16
-        mouse_eff.swipe.swipe_speed = 180
-        self.mmstate.mouse_led_effect(mouse_eff)
-
-    def _run_off_animation(self):
-        print("Running off animation")
-        ring_eff = EffectReverseSwipe()
-        self.mmstate.led_ring_effect(ring_eff)
-
-        mouse_eff = EffectReverseSwipe()
-        mouse_eff.startPosition = 6 / 45 * 360
-        self.mmstate.mouse_led_effect(mouse_eff)
-
-        self.mmstate.button_leds(0)
-
-
-def main(config_path):
-    cfg = load_config(config_path)
-
-    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    hass = HomeAssistantClient(cfg["general"]["hass_url"], cfg["general"]["hass_token"], loop)
-
-    coro = serial_asyncio.create_serial_connection(loop,
-                                                   MusicMouseProtocol,
-                                                   cfg["general"]["serial_port"],
-                                                   baudrate=115200)
-    transport, protocol = loop.run_until_complete(coro)
-    controller = Controller(protocol, hass, cfg)
-    loop.create_task(hass.connect())
-    return controller, loop
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
-        controller, loop = main(config_path=sys.argv[1])
-        loop.run_forever()
-        loop.close()
-    else:
-        print("Error: run with config file path as first argument")

espmusicmouse/host_driver/player.py

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-import vlc
-
-all_events = (
-    vlc.EventType.MediaDiscovererEnded,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaDiscovererStarted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaDurationChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaFreed,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListEndReached,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListItemAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListItemDeleted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerNextItemSet,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerPlayed,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerStopped,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListViewItemAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListViewItemDeleted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListViewWillAddItem,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListViewWillDeleteItem,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListWillAddItem,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaListWillDeleteItem,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaMetaChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaParsedChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerAudioDevice,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerAudioVolume,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerBackward,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerBuffering,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerChapterChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerCorked,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerESAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerESDeleted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerESSelected,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerEncounteredError,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerEndReached,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerForward,
-    #vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerLengthChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerMediaChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerMuted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerNothingSpecial,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerOpening,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPausableChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPaused,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPlaying,
-    #vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPositionChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerScrambledChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerSeekableChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerSnapshotTaken,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerStopped,
-    #vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerTimeChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerTitleChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerUncorked,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerUnmuted,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerVout,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaStateChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaSubItemAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.MediaSubItemTreeAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.RendererDiscovererItemAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.RendererDiscovererItemDeleted,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaAdded,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaChanged,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStarted,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusEnd,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusError,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusInit,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusOpening,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusPause,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStatusPlaying,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaInstanceStopped,
-    vlc.EventType.VlmMediaRemoved,
-)
-
-
-class AudioPlayer:
-    def __init__(self, alsa_device=None):
-        params = ["-A", "alsa", "--alsa-audio-device", alsa_device] if alsa_device else []
-        self.instance = vlc.Instance(*params)
-        self.media_list_player = self.instance.media_list_player_new()
-        self.media_player = self.media_list_player.get_media_player()
-
-        evm = self.media_player.event_manager()
-        evm.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerStopped, self._callback)
-
-        evm2 = self.media_list_player.event_manager()
-        evm2.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerPlayed, self._callback)
-        evm2.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerStopped, self._callback)
-
-        self.on_playlist_end_callback = None
-
-        self.volume_min = None
-        self.volume_max = None
-
-    def create_playlist(self, files):
-        result = vlc.MediaList()
-        for e in files:
-            result.add_media(self.instance.media_new(e))
-
-        evm = result.event_manager()
-        evm.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListEndReached,
-                   lambda e: print("Ml CB", str(vlc.EventType(e.type))))
-        evm.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListItemAdded,
-                   lambda e: print("Ml ia CB", str(vlc.EventType(e.type))))
-
-        return result
-
-    def set_playlist(self, media_list):
-        self.media_list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
-        print("Setting media list of length ", media_list.count())
-        self.media_list_player.set_playback_mode(vlc.PlaybackMode.default)
-
-    def next(self):
-        return self.media_list_player.next()
-
-    def previous(self):
-        return self.media_list_player.previous()
-
-    def play(self):
-        self.media_list_player.play()
-
-    def play_from_start(self):
-        self.media_list_player.play_item_at_index(0)
-
-    def is_playing(self):
-        return self.media_list_player.is_playing()
-
-    def pause(self):
-        self.media_list_player.pause()
-
-    def _callback(self, event, *args, **kwargs):
-        eventStr = str(vlc.EventType(event.type))
-        print(f"Got vlc event type {event.type} {eventStr} , event {event}")
-        if event.type == vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerStopped:
-            if self.on_playlist_end_callback:
-                print("Calling playlist end cb")
-                self.on_playlist_end_callback()
-        #print("Callback from VLC", event, args, kwargs)
-        #print(event.meta_type, event.obj, event.type)
-
-    def set_volume(self, volume):
-        if self.volume_min and volume < self.volume_min:
-            volume = self.volume_min
-        if self.volume_max and volume > self.volume_max:
-            volume = self.volume_max
-        self.media_player.audio_set_volume(volume)
-
-    def set_volume_limits(self, vmin, vmax):
-        self.volume_min = vmin
-        self.volume_max = vmax
-
-    def change_volume(self, amount=1):
-        vol = self.media_player.audio_get_volume() + amount
-        self.set_volume(vol)

espmusicmouse/lib/ledtl/helpers/ColorRGBW.h

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <cstdint>
-
-struct ColorRGBW
-{
-  uint8_t r, g, b, w;
-
-  ColorRGBW operator*(float s) const
-  {
-    return {uint8_t(s * r),
-            uint8_t(s * g),
-            uint8_t(s * b),
-            uint8_t(s * w)};
-  }
-};

hardware/pinout.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+Reader 
+----------
+
+- GND     black
+- RST     blue       3.3V
+- 3.3V    red
+- MISO    brown      21
+- SDA     green      19
+- SCK     yellow     18
+- MOSI    orange      5
+- IRQ     green single cable not connected
+
+
+Button Board:
+-------------
+
+- rot in   | white  13
+- btn2 led | grey   12
+- btn2 in  | purple 14
+- rotB     | blue   27
+- rotA     | green  26
+- btn1 in  | yellow 25 
+- btn1 led | orange 33
+
+rot="rotary encoder"
+in=button sense in
+led = 5V pwm

pyaudioplayeralsa/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-
-project("pyaudioplayeralsa")
-
-add_executable(play main.cpp src/WavFile.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(play -lasound -pthread)

pyaudioplayeralsa/main.cpp

@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Simple sound playback using ALSA API and libasound.
- *
- * Compile:
- * $ cc -o play sound_playback.c -lasound
- * 
- * Usage:
- * $ ./play <sample_rate> <channels> <seconds> < <file>
- * 
- * Examples:
- * $ ./play 44100 2 5 < /dev/urandom
- * $ ./play 22050 1 8 < /path/to/file.wav
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Alessandro Ghedini <al3xbio@gmail.com>
- * --------------------------------------------------------------
- * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
- * Alessandro Ghedini wrote this file. As long as you retain this
- * notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we
- * meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can
- * buy me a beer in return.
- * --------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include <fstream>
-
-#include "src/WavFile.h"
-
-#include <future>
-#include <thread>
-#include <chrono>
-#include <queue>
-
-#define PCM_DEVICE "default"
-
-std::deque<std::string> queue;
-std::mutex queueMutex;
-
-static std::string getInput()
-{
-
-  std::cout << "starting input thread" << std::endl;
-  while (true)
-  {
-    std::string result;
-    std::getline(std::cin, result);
-    {
-      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(queueMutex);
-      std::cout << "adding to queue" << std::endl;
-      queue.push_back(result);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  std::ifstream wavFileStream("test.wav", std::ios::binary);
-  WavFile wav(wavFileStream);
-  wavFileStream.close();
-  std::cout << "Wav samples " << wav.size() << std::endl;
-
-  unsigned int pcm, tmp, dir;
-  snd_pcm_t *pcm_handle;
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params;
-  snd_pcm_uframes_t frames;
-  char *buff;
-  int buff_size, loops;
-
-  /* Open the PCM device in playback mode */
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_open(&pcm_handle, PCM_DEVICE,
-                         SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't open \"%s\" PCM device. %s\n",
-           PCM_DEVICE, snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  /* Allocate parameters object and fill it with default values*/
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_alloca(&params);
-
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_any(pcm_handle, params);
-
-  /* Set parameters */
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access(pcm_handle, params,
-                                         SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't set interleaved mode. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(pcm_handle, params,
-                                         SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't set format. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels(pcm_handle, params, wav.channels()) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't set channels number. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_size(pcm_handle, params, 2 * 2048);
-
-  unsigned int rate = wav.sampleRate();
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near(pcm_handle, params, &rate, 0) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't set rate. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  /* Write parameters */
-  if (pcm = snd_pcm_hw_params(pcm_handle, params) < 0)
-    printf("ERROR: Can't set harware parameters. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-  /* Resume information */
-  printf("PCM name: '%s'\n", snd_pcm_name(pcm_handle));
-
-  printf("PCM state: %s\n", snd_pcm_state_name(snd_pcm_state(pcm_handle)));
-
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_get_channels(params, &tmp);
-
-  printf("channels: %i ", tmp);
-
-  if (tmp == 1)
-    printf("(mono)\n");
-  else if (tmp == 2)
-    printf("(stereo)\n");
-
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_get_rate(params, &tmp, 0);
-  printf("rate: %d bps\n", tmp);
-
-  /* Allocate buffer to hold single period */
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_size(params, &frames, 0);
-
-  buff_size = frames * wav.channels() * 2 /* 2 -> sample size */;
-  buff = (char *)malloc(buff_size);
-  std::cout << "Buffer size " << buff_size << " frames " << frames << std::endl;
-
-  snd_pcm_hw_params_get_period_time(params, &tmp, NULL);
-
-  std::thread inputThread(getInput);
-  bool playing = true;
-
-  size_t wavFilePosition = 0;
-  while (wavFilePosition < wav.size())
-  {
-    {
-      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(queueMutex);
-      if (queue.size() > 0)
-      {
-        queue.pop_back();
-        std::cout << "Toggling" << std::endl;
-        //snd_pcm_drain(pcm_handle);
-        std::cout << "Done" << std::endl;
-        playing = !playing;
-        if (playing)
-        {
-          std::cout << "continuing at " << wavFilePosition << std::endl;
-          snd_pcm_pause(pcm_handle, 0);
-          //snd_pcm_prepare(pcm_handle);
-        }
-        else
-          snd_pcm_pause(pcm_handle, 1);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (!playing)
-      continue;
-    size_t dataToWrite = std::min(size_t(buff_size), wav.size() - wavFilePosition);
-    int framesToWrite = dataToWrite / wav.channels() / 2;
-    if (pcm = snd_pcm_writei(pcm_handle, wav[wavFilePosition], framesToWrite) == -EPIPE)
-    {
-      std::cout << "XRUN at wav position " << wavFilePosition << std::endl;
-      snd_pcm_prepare(pcm_handle);
-    }
-    else if (pcm < 0)
-      printf("ERROR. Can't write to PCM device. %s\n", snd_strerror(pcm));
-
-    wavFilePosition += dataToWrite;
-  }
-
-  std::cout << "done filling buffer" << std::endl;
-  snd_pcm_drain(pcm_handle);
-  snd_pcm_close(pcm_handle);
-  free(buff);
-
-  return 0;
-}

pyaudioplayeralsa/plan.md

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- play wav file [ok]
-  - read & parse wav file [ok]
-- stop wave file in the middle, wait 2 secs and continue
-- fade in/out 
-- mix second wave file on top (some effect)

pyaudioplayeralsa/src/WavFile.h

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <memory>
-
-template <size_t len>
-std::string readStr(std::istream &str)
-{
-  char buff[len];
-  str.read(buff, len);
-  return std::string(buff, len);
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-T read(std::istream &str)
-{
-  T res;
-  str.read((char *)&res, sizeof(res));
-  return res;
-}
-
-class WavFile
-{
-public:
-  WavFile(std::istream &str)
-  {
-    auto chunkId = readStr<4>(str);
-    auto chunkSize = read<uint32_t>(str);
-    auto format = readStr<4>(str);
-
-    auto subchunk1Id = readStr<4>(str);
-    auto subchunk1Size = read<uint32_t>(str);
-
-    auto audioFormat = read<uint16_t>(str);
-    numChannels_ = read<uint16_t>(str);
-    sampleRate_ = read<uint32_t>(str);
-    auto byteRate = read<uint32_t>(str);
-
-    auto blockAlign = read<uint16_t>(str);
-    bitsPerSample_ = read<uint16_t>(str);
-
-    auto subchunk2Id = readStr<4>(str);
-    dataSize_ = read<uint32_t>(str);
-
-    data_ = std::unique_ptr<char>(new char[dataSize_]);
-    str.read(data_.get(), dataSize_);
-  }
-
-  uint32_t sampleRate() const { return sampleRate_; }
-  uint16_t channels() const { return numChannels_; }
-  uint32_t size() const { return dataSize_; }
-
-  const char *operator[](int offset) const { return &data_.get()[offset]; }
-
-private:
-  std::unique_ptr<char> data_;
-  uint32_t sampleRate_;
-  uint16_t bitsPerSample_;
-  uint32_t dataSize_;
-  uint16_t numChannels_;
-};

python-backend/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config.yml
+tippen-curriculum.yml
+tippen-progress.json
+/.musicmouse-cache

python-backend/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+# MusicMouse backend
+
+The host application: it reads RFID tags, buttons and touch areas from the ESP32
+firmware over serial, plays music through VLC, drives three LED strips, indexes the
+music collection, and exposes everything to Home Assistant over MQTT and to a browser
+over HTTP.
+
+```
+  ESP32 ⇄ MusicMouseDevice ─┐                        ┌─► MqttService  (state out, intents in)
+   VLC  ⇄ VlcPlayer ────────┼──► EventBus ──────────►┤
+ broker ⇄ MqttService ──────┤         ▲               └─► WebService  (state out, intents in)
+browser ⇄ WebService ───────┘         │
+                              reactions/*.py  ── call actions on ──►  device / player
+```
+
+Three objects own the outside world, one bus carries everything, and the *reactions*
+are the only place that decides what should happen. Adding a new way to control the
+mouse means adding a service that emits the same intents - no device or reaction
+changes. The web front-end was added exactly that way.
+
+## Running it
+
+```sh
+pip install -e '.[dev]'
+python -m musicmouse --config /media/musicmouse/config.yml
+```
+
+See `config.yml.example` for the schema and `musicmouse.service` for the systemd unit.
+Config problems are reported all at once with the path to each one; unknown keys are
+errors, not silent no-ops.
+
+### On a host with no mouse attached
+
+The web front-end is a complete way to drive the player, so the backend is useful on a
+machine with no serial port and no sound card worth grabbing. Two config keys say so,
+each by taking the literal value `simulate`:
+
+| Setting | `simulate` gives you | Warned about as |
+|---|---|---|
+| `serial_port` | no serial link; RFID, buttons and LEDs are inert | "running without the mouse" |
+| `alsa_device` | the simulator's player: everything works, nothing is audible | "nothing will be audible" |
+
+Both keys are **required**. Leaving one out is a config error, not a shortcut to
+simulation - running blind or silent has to be asked for, so a config that lost a line
+fails loudly instead of booting into something that looks like it is working. The
+warnings are repeated on every boot for the same reason.
+
+`--no-hardware` forces the serial half regardless of the config, for a one-off run:
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --no-hardware
+```
+
+Note that `alsa_device` has no "just use whatever" value. VLC's own default would seize
+whatever the desktop is playing through, which is the wrong thing to do silently - name
+a device (`"default"` is the system one) when the machine is meant to make noise.
+
+### Without hardware
+
+The simulator runs the entire app - real bus, real device, real reactions, real MQTT
+if configured - against a fake serial link and a fake player.
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --simulate
+```
+
+```
+musicmouse> place fuchs
+  in   RfidTokenRead(04a1b2c3d4, figure='fuchs')
+  rfid fuchs
+  led   ring: SwipeAndChange(AlexaSwipe(#(1.0, 0.4, 0.0, 0) -> ...))
+  play playing
+musicmouse> press right
+  play track 1: 01 - Song 1
+```
+
+`help` lists the verbs. The same verbs go in a scenario file:
+
+```sh
+python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --simulate --script scenarios/smoke.txt
+```
+
+Scenario files run on a virtual clock under pytest, so `wait 1s` costs microseconds and
+every file in `scenarios/` is part of the test suite. A session reproduced by hand at
+the prompt becomes a regression test by pasting it into a `.txt` file.
+
+## Layout
+
+| Path | What it is |
+|---|---|
+| `musicmouse/bus.py` | One FIFO queue on one loop. Thread-safe `emit()` - which is how libVLC's callback thread stops reaching the serial transport. |
+| `musicmouse/events.py` | The vocabulary: **input** (something happened), **intent** (something was requested), **state** (something changed). |
+| `musicmouse/devices/` | `mouse.py` (firmware), `player.py` (VLC), `wire.py` (pure codec), `serial_link.py` (transport + reconnect). |
+| `musicmouse/reactions/` | The policy. `@on(SomeEvent)` functions that get the app and act. |
+| `musicmouse/library/` | The music collection: scanning, tags, cover art and its colours, the cache, and the seams for future track analysis. |
+| `musicmouse/services/mqtt/` | Home Assistant entities: three lights, a player sensor, a volume number, transport buttons, device triggers, a tag scanner. |
+| `musicmouse/services/web/` | The browser front-end's API: the library, a state websocket, command endpoints, and parent-mode settings. |
+| `musicmouse/simulator/` | Fake transport and player, the driver vocabulary, the REPL and the script runner. |
+| `musicmouse/config.py` | Pydantic schema, validation, and human-readable error formatting. |
+
+## Checks
+
+```sh
+pytest            # unit + scenario tests
+ruff check .
+mypy              # --strict, configured in pyproject.toml
+```
+
+`tests/test_wire.py` parses `../esp-firmware/src/Messages.h` and fails if the Python
+message ids drift from the firmware's - the contract is hand-duplicated in two
+languages, and it had already drifted once (`BUTTON_EVENT` was missing on the Python
+side). `tests/test_effects.py` pins the exact bytes of every effect payload.
+
+## LED arbitration
+
+`MusicMouseDevice` is the single writer to each zone, and the most recent effect wins -
+whether it came from a figure animation or from Home Assistant. There is no priority
+scheme. Every write emits `LedEffectChanged`, and the MQTT light entities publish their
+state from that rather than echoing their own commands, so HA keeps showing the strip's
+real state when a figure animation overrides a colour it set.
+
+## Home Assistant
+
+The backend no longer calls Home Assistant directly (`hass-client` is gone). It
+publishes what happened; the automations live in HA.
+
+MQTT device triggers are published for every button (`pressed`, `double_clicked`,
+`long_pressed`), every touch area (touched/released), and the RFID reader appears as a
+tag scanner. Topics are under `musicmouse/trigger/…` and `musicmouse/tag`.
+
+### Recreating the old room-light behaviour
+
+Two behaviours used to be hard-coded in `main.py` and now need automations:
+
+**Rotary press toggled the room light.** Trigger on the `rotary_pressed` device
+trigger, action `light.toggle` on `light.kinderzimmer_fluter`.
+
+**Touching a body part set a colour** on `light.kinderzimmer_fluter` and
+`light.music_mouse_regal_licht`:
+
+| Touch area | Old service data |
+|---|---|
+| `right_foot` | `rgb_color: [235, 255, 67]` |
+| `left_foot`  | `color_temp: 469` |
+| `right_ear`  | `rgb_color: [101, 49, 255]` |
+| `left_ear`   | `rgb_color: [255, 74, 254]` |
+
+Trigger on the corresponding `*_touched` device trigger and call `light.turn_on` with
+that data.
+
+## The library
+
+`general.library.root` is the one path to the music. The shelves under it are fixed
+names rather than settings (`musicmouse/library/sections.py`), because each has quirks
+the scanner has to know about:
+
+| Folder | Shown as | Why it is special |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Figuren/<figure>/` | an album per figurine | the folder name *is* the figure name from the config |
+| `Musik/<Artist> - <Album>/` | music, grouped by artist | plain ID3 |
+| `Hörbücher/<Artist> - <Album>/` | audiobooks, grouped by character | `album_artist` is a credit list; only the name before the first comma groups usefully |
+| `Kinderpodcasts/<Show>/` | audiobooks, newest episode first | the tags are useless here - `artist` is the presenter list and `album` is the feed name, so the *folder* is the show |
+
+Only files whose suffix is in `audio_extensions` are read, and dotfiles are skipped, so
+a podcast downloader's `archive.json` and its half-finished `.download.tmp` never reach
+a playlist.
+
+Drop a `feed.txt` into a show folder (its first line the show's RSS feed URL) and the
+backend becomes that podcast downloader itself: every six hours it checks the feed and
+saves any episode not already on disk, named `YYYYMMDD - Title.ext` like a hand-placed
+one so it sorts and scans identically. A show with no `feed.txt` is untouched, exactly
+as before - the file is the opt-in, there is no separate setting for it.
+
+Each album carries three colours, pulled out of its cover art with Pillow (or
+synthesised from a hash of its id when it has none). The frontend paints cards with
+them and the LED strips run the first of them, so shelf and screen agree.
+
+### The cache
+
+`general.library.cache` is a directory, not a file, because its contents cost wildly
+different amounts to produce:
+
+```
+index.json                   cheap:     tags and structure. Rebuilt freely.
+covers/<album_id>.jpg        medium:    art extracted from an ID3 APIC frame
+analysis/<track_key>.json    expensive: reserved for offline audio analysis
+```
+
+Deleting the whole directory is safe; deleting it throws away analysis that is minutes
+of DSP per track, which is why anything expensive is keyed by *file content* rather than
+by album id - renaming a folder or re-sorting a section then costs nothing.
+
+An entry is reused whenever its files' sizes and mtimes are unchanged. That means a
+change to how the scanner derives a title, artist or series is invisible until the cache
+is invalidated: bump `_INDEX_VERSION` in `musicmouse/library/cache.py` when you touch
+that logic.
+
+**Track analysis is not implemented.** `musicmouse/library/analysis.py` fixes the shape
+of the results - scalars (`tempo`, `energy`, `valence`, `brightness`) travel inline with
+the index, and a beat grid lives in its own file and is fetched per track - so an
+analyzer can be added later without touching the scanner, the API or the frontend. It
+will go behind an optional dependency group, and because results are content-keyed
+files, they can equally well be computed on a workstation and the `analysis/` folder
+copied to the device.
+
+## The web front-end
+
+`web/` in the repo root, served by this backend when `general.web.static_dir` is set.
+
+| Route | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `GET /api/library` | Every album with its tracks and colours. ~90 kB, sent once. |
+| `GET /api/albums/{id}/cover` | The cover, or 404 - the client paints the album's colours instead. |
+| `POST /api/library/refresh` | Rescan in the background; connected clients are told when it lands. |
+| `GET /api/state` | Snapshot: what is playing, where, how loud. |
+| `WS /api/ws` | Push only. A snapshot on connect, then a frame per change, plus the position at 2 Hz while playing. |
+| `POST /api/play` | `{album_id, track_index?}` |
+| `POST /api/resume` `/pause` `/next` `/previous` `/seek` | transport |
+| `POST /api/volume` | `{percent}` or `{delta_percent}` |
+| `GET` `PUT /api/settings` | parent mode |
+
+Two decisions worth knowing:
+
+**Search is not an endpoint.** The whole index goes to the browser and filtering happens
+there, which is what makes the design's type-to-search feel instant.
+
+**Volume is a percentage at this boundary.** `max_volume` is a parent's business, not a
+child's, so it never crosses into the browser: `100 %` means whatever ceiling is
+configured, and the mapping lives in `services/web/settings.py` so MQTT, the rotary
+encoder and the firmware carry on in device units.
+
+### Parent mode
+
+`?parentMode=1` reveals a settings panel for the volume limits, the rotary step and the
+button brightness. Saving writes `config.yml` back through ruamel's round-trip loader,
+so the file keeps its comments, and a new ceiling applies to the running player rather
+than waiting for a restart.
+
+This **hides** the settings; it does not protect them. There is no authentication on any
+endpoint, which matches a device on a home network - put it behind a reverse proxy if
+that is not good enough.

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+# Example config for the MusicMouse backend.
+#
+#   python -m musicmouse --config /media/musicmouse/config.yml
+#
+# Unknown keys are rejected rather than ignored, and every problem in the file is
+# reported at once, so a typo fails at startup with the path to the offending line.
+# Keep the real config (with credentials) off the repo - on the device only.
+
+general:
+  # The music collection. One path; the shelves underneath it are fixed names, not
+  # settings, because each one has its own quirks the code already knows about:
+  #
+  #   <root>/Figuren/<figure name>/          one folder per figurine
+  #   <root>/Musik/<Artist> - <Album>/       albums, grouped by artist
+  #   <root>/Hörbücher/<Artist> - <Album>/   audiobooks, grouped by character
+  #   <root>/Kinderpodcasts/<Show>/          shows, newest episode first
+  #
+  # A cover.jpg next to the audio is used if present, otherwise the art is pulled out
+  # of the files' tags. Relative paths resolve against this file's directory.
+  library:
+    root: /home/martin/Music
+    # Scan results, extracted cover art and track analysis. Safe to delete: the index
+    # is rebuilt on the next start. Deleting it does throw away track analysis, which
+    # is expensive to recompute.
+    cache: .musicmouse-cache
+    # How many tracks the background analyzer may work on at once, each in its own
+    # worker process. Omitted means one per core bar one (capped at 8), which is what
+    # turns a first-time pass over a whole library from an overnight job into a coffee
+    # break on a desktop. Set it to 1 on a machine that has better things to do, or to
+    # a specific number to cap how much of it analysis may take.
+    # analysis_workers: 4
+
+  # Serial port the ESP32 firmware is on. A dropped link is retried, not fatal.
+  # Required - use "simulate" to run without the mouse attached, which is a complete
+  # setup on its own because the web front-end can drive the player by itself. RFID,
+  # buttons and LEDs then do nothing, and startup says so every boot.
+  serial_port: "/dev/ttyUSB0"
+  baudrate: 115200
+  reconnect_interval: 5.0
+
+  # ALSA output device passed to VLC, e.g. "hw:0,0", or "default" for the system
+  # default output. Required - use "simulate" for a player that makes no sound, which
+  # is handy when working on the web UI on a machine whose audio you would rather not
+  # commandeer. Startup says so every boot.
+  #
+  # Both of these are required rather than optional on purpose: running blind or silent
+  # has to be asked for, so a config that lost a line fails loudly instead of booting
+  # into something that looks like it is working.
+  alsa_device: "softvol_effects"
+
+  # Volume, 0..100. min/max clamp everything, including the rotary encoder.
+  min_volume: 0
+  max_volume: 60
+  initial_volume: 40
+  volume_increment: 5          # per rotary-encoder click
+
+  # Backlight of the prev/next buttons while a figure is playing, 0..1.
+  button_leds_brightness: 0.5
+
+  # Which files count as music. Anything else - a podcast downloader's archive.json,
+  # a half-finished .tmp - is ignored.
+  audio_extensions: [".mp3", ".ogg", ".oga", ".opus", ".flac", ".wav", ".m4a", ".aac"]
+
+  # How many episodes of each podcast show to keep, newest first. A show that has
+  # published for years grows without bound: GEOlino Spezial alone is 358 episodes and
+  # 5.8 GB, which will not sit next to the rest of a library on a Pi's SD card.
+  #
+  # The same number caps what gets downloaded, which is what makes the folder settle.
+  # Prune to the newest N but fetch everything the feed offers, and every poll would
+  # re-download the episodes the last one deleted.
+  #
+  # Lowering this DELETES the episodes that fall outside the window on the next poll,
+  # and an episode that has aged out of its feed cannot be fetched again. Use `null` to
+  # keep every episode and mind the free space yourself.
+  podcast_episode_limit: 50
+
+  # The web front-end. Omit the whole section to run without it.
+  #
+  # There is no authentication: this is a device on a home network. The settings panel
+  # at ?parentMode=1 is hidden from the child, not protected from them - it writes back
+  # to this file. Put it behind a reverse proxy if that is not good enough.
+  web:
+    host: "0.0.0.0"
+    port: 8080
+    # Built frontend to serve at /. Omit to expose only the JSON API.
+    static_dir: ../web/dist
+
+  # IR remote control, over lircd's TCP socket (see ansible/roles/pi_lirc for how
+  # lircd itself is set up on the Pi). Omit the whole section to run without a remote.
+  # Play/pause/stop/previous/forward/rewind/volume/mute map to normal music control;
+  # number keys 0-9 play whatever the "remote:" section below assigns them.
+  lirc:
+    host: "musicmouse-pi.local"
+    port: 2222                 # this deployment's lircd listens on 2222, not its own
+                                # default of 8765 - see the ansible role
+    remote_name: "Hauppauge"   # other remotes registered with the same lircd (an LED
+                                # remote, say) are ignored
+    reconnect_interval: 5.0
+
+  # Home Assistant integration. Omit the whole section to run without MQTT.
+  # The backend exposes three lights, a player sensor, a volume slider, transport
+  # buttons, device triggers for every button/touch area, and a tag scanner.
+  mqtt:
+    server: "homeassistant.local"
+    port: 1883
+    user: "musicmouse"
+    password: "REPLACE_WITH_MQTT_PASSWORD"
+    base_topic: "musicmouse"
+    discovery_prefix: "homeassistant"
+    device_id: "musicmouse"
+    device_name: "Music Mouse"
+    reconnect_interval: 10.0
+
+  # Room control page ("Mein Zimmer"). Omit the whole section to hide the page. This is
+  # the opposite direction from mqtt above: it's musicmouse controlling Home Assistant
+  # entities, not the other way round. The backend proxies every call to Home
+  # Assistant's REST API with this token attached; the browser never sees it, only
+  # entity ids and display names. Home Assistant's own CORS settings do not need to
+  # allow musicmouse's origin for this - the browser only ever talks to musicmouse.
+  ha:
+    url: "http://homeassistant.local:8123"
+    # A long-lived access token, created under the HA user's own profile page.
+    token: "REPLACE_WITH_HA_LONG_LIVED_TOKEN"
+    # Cards on the room page, in this order. "name" is optional; falls back to the
+    # entity id if omitted.
+    devices:
+      - entity_id: cover.kinderzimmer_rollo
+        name: "Rollo"
+      - entity_id: light.kinderzimmer_hue_beyond_links
+        name: "Hue Beyond links"
+      - entity_id: light.kinderzimmer_deckenlampe
+        name: "Deckenlampe"
+    # Scene pill row above the cards, in this order.
+    scenes:
+      - entity_id: scene.kinderzimmer_lesen
+        name: "Lesen"
+      - entity_id: scene.kinderzimmer_gute_nacht
+        name: "Gute Nacht"
+
+  # The typing game ("Tippen"). Omit the whole section to hide its tab in the web
+  # front-end. The lesson plan is content, not device config, so it lives in its own
+  # file - see tippen-curriculum.yml.example for the format, including the optional
+  # `unlocks:` key that turns passing a lesson into unlocking part of the library.
+  tippen:
+    curriculum_file: tippen-curriculum.yml
+    # Where progress (stars, unlocked lessons, streak, ...) is saved. Written by the
+    # app itself - never hand-edited. Relative to this file, like curriculum_file.
+    progress_file: tippen-progress.json
+
+# One entry per figurine. The key is the figure name and the subfolder name.
+figures:
+  fuchs:
+    # RFID tag id, 5 bytes as hex. Must be unique across figures.
+    id: "04a1b2c3d4"
+    # Exactly four colours: primary, secondary, background, accent.
+    # Either "#rrggbb" (RGB) or "wNN" (white channel only, hex).
+    colors: ["#ff6600", "#ffcc00", "#331100", "wff"]
+    # "music" (default) or "book". Every other shelf is named after what is on it, so
+    # its type is obvious; a figure folder is named after the figurine, so this is the
+    # one thing that has to be said out loud. The web UI draws albums square and
+    # audiobooks taller than wide, so getting it wrong is visible at a glance.
+    kind: music
+
+  eule:
+    id: "04b2c3d4e5"
+    colors: ["#3355ff", "#66aaff", "#001133", "#ffffff"]
+    kind: book
+
+# Number keys 0-9 on the IR remote, mapped to what they play. Omit the whole section,
+# or any digit within it, for "unassigned" - a fresh install boots with none of this
+# and that is not an error. Editable from the web front-end, which writes back here.
+#
+#   target_kind: album   -> always starts from the first track (music, audiobooks).
+#                            target is an album id, as shown at GET /api/library.
+#   target_kind: series  -> always plays the newest episode of a podcast show, resolved
+#                            fresh on every press - never a fixed episode. target is the
+#                            show's folder name under Kinderpodcasts, e.g. "Wissen macht Ah".
+remote:
+  "1":
+    target_kind: album
+    target: "3f9a0c12ab44"
+  "2":
+    target_kind: series
+    target: "Wissen macht Ah"

python-backend/music/.gitignore

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+**/*.mp3

python-backend/musicmouse.service

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+# Put this into /etc/systemd/system/musicmouse.service
+#
+# Assumes the repo is checked out at /opt/musicmouse with a venv at /opt/musicmouse/.venv:
+#   /opt/musicmouse/.venv/bin/pip install -e /opt/musicmouse/python-backend
+#
+# A dropped serial link is now handled in-process (SerialLink reconnects), so
+# Restart=always is only for genuine crashes.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Music Mouse RFID Music Player
+After=multi-user.target sound.target network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/musicmouse/python-backend
+ExecStart=/opt/musicmouse/.venv/bin/python -m musicmouse --config /media/musicmouse/config.yml
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

python-backend/musicmouse/__init__.py

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+"""MusicMouse backend: an RFID music player for kids."""
+
+__all__ = ["__version__"]
+
+__version__ = "2.0.0"

python-backend/musicmouse/__main__.py

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+"""Entry point and composition root.
+
+    python -m musicmouse --config /media/musicmouse/config.yml
+    python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --no-hardware
+    python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --simulate
+    python -m musicmouse --config ./config.yml --simulate --script scenarios/smoke.txt
+
+This is the only module that knows which concrete implementations are in play; the
+difference between "real mouse", "no mouse attached" and "simulated mouse" is which
+transport and which player get built here.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import logging
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Coroutine
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, TypeVar
+
+import httpx2
+
+from musicmouse import __version__
+from musicmouse.app import App
+from musicmouse.bus import EventBus
+from musicmouse.clock import RealClock
+from musicmouse.config import SIMULATE, Config, ConfigError, GeneralConfig, load_config
+from musicmouse.devices.mouse import MusicMouseDevice
+from musicmouse.devices.null_transport import NullTransport
+from musicmouse.devices.player import Player, VlcPlayer
+from musicmouse.devices.serial_link import SerialLink
+from musicmouse.library import MusicLibrary, default_worker_count
+from musicmouse.library.analysis import build_analyzer
+from musicmouse.reactions import register_all
+from musicmouse.services.base import Service
+from musicmouse.services.lirc import LircService
+from musicmouse.services.mqtt import MqttService, build_entities
+from musicmouse.services.podcasts import PodcastFeedService
+from musicmouse.services.web import WebService
+from musicmouse.tippen.curriculum import CurriculumError
+from musicmouse.tippen.runtime import TippenRuntime, build_tippen_runtime
+
+_log = logging.getLogger("musicmouse")
+
+
+def parse_args(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="musicmouse", description="Host backend for the MusicMouse RFID music player."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", type=Path, required=True, help="path to config.yml")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-s",
+        "--simulate",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="run against fake hardware and a fake player (no serial port, no audio)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-hardware",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="real audio and a real web front-end, but no serial port: for a host with "
+        "no mouse attached",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--script",
+        type=Path,
+        help="with --simulate: run a scenario file instead of the interactive prompt",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--log-level",
+        default="INFO",
+        choices=["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"],
+        help="default: INFO",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=f"%(prog)s {__version__}")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    if args.script and not args.simulate:
+        parser.error("--script only makes sense together with --simulate")
+    if args.simulate and args.no_hardware:
+        parser.error("--simulate already runs without hardware; drop --no-hardware")
+    return args
+
+
+def setup_logging(level: str) -> None:
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=getattr(logging, level),
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-7s %(name)-28s %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+    )
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    args = parse_args(argv)
+    setup_logging(args.log_level)
+
+    try:
+        config = load_config(args.config, check_paths=True)
+    except ConfigError as exc:
+        print(f"error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    tippen: TippenRuntime | None = None
+    if config.general.tippen is not None:
+        try:
+            tippen = build_tippen_runtime(config.general.tippen)
+        except CurriculumError as exc:
+            print(f"error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+
+    runner = (
+        run_simulated(config, args.config, args.script, tippen=tippen)
+        if args.simulate
+        else run_real(
+            config, args.config, hardware=wants_hardware(config, args.no_hardware), tippen=tippen
+        )
+    )
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(runner)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        _log.info("Interrupted")
+    return 0
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- real
+
+
+async def run_real(
+    config: Config,
+    config_path: Path,
+    *,
+    hardware: bool = True,
+    tippen: TippenRuntime | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    bus = EventBus()
+    await bus.start()
+    clock = RealClock()
+    general = config.general
+
+    link: SerialLink | None = None
+    if hardware:
+        link = SerialLink(
+            general.serial_port,
+            general.baudrate,
+            reconnect_interval=general.reconnect_interval,
+            clock=clock,
+        )
+        mouse = MusicMouseDevice(bus, link, config.tag_map, port=general.serial_port)
+        link.attach(mouse.feed, on_connect=mouse.on_connected, on_disconnect=mouse.on_disconnected)
+    else:
+        mouse = MusicMouseDevice(bus, NullTransport(), config.tag_map, port="none")
+
+    player = _build_player(bus, general, clock=clock)
+
+    library = await build_library(config)
+    app = _build_app(config, bus, mouse, player, library, clock=clock, tippen=tippen)
+    services = _build_services(app, mouse, player, clock=clock, config_path=config_path)
+
+    _log.info(
+        "MusicMouse %s starting: %d figures, %d albums, serial %s, audio %s, mqtt %s",
+        __version__,
+        len(config.figures),
+        len(library.albums),
+        # Report what the config says, with a marker when --no-hardware overrode it,
+        # so the line never disagrees with the file it was started from.
+        general.serial_port + ("" if link or general.serial_simulated else " (no link)"),
+        general.alsa_device,
+        general.mqtt.server if general.mqtt else "disabled",
+    )
+    try:
+        await _run_forever(
+            [
+                *([link.run()] if link else []),
+                player.run(),
+                # `is_busy` reads `player.is_playing` directly rather than the library
+                # knowing about playback at all: analysis must never compete with audio
+                # decoding for CPU, and this device is otherwise idle most of the day, so
+                # the pass simply resumes once it is. `on_batch` is unset unless the web
+                # front-end is on - nothing else has a use for the notification.
+                library.run_analysis(
+                    is_busy=lambda: player.is_playing,
+                    on_batch=_analysis_batch_hook(services),
+                ),
+                *(service.run() for service in services),
+            ]
+        )
+    finally:
+        player.close()
+        await bus.stop()
+
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- simulated
+
+
+async def run_simulated(
+    config: Config, config_path: Path, script: Path | None, *, tippen: TippenRuntime | None = None
+) -> None:
+    # Imported here so the production path never touches the simulator.
+    from musicmouse.simulator.harness import build_simulation
+    from musicmouse.simulator.repl import run_repl
+    from musicmouse.simulator.script import run_script_file
+
+    # A script runs on virtual time, so `wait 1s` is instant. The prompt runs on the
+    # real clock, so playback ticks along while you watch it.
+    sim = await build_simulation(
+        config, clock=RealClock() if script is None else None, track_duration=5.0, tippen=tippen
+    )
+
+    services = _build_services(
+        sim.app, sim.app.mouse, sim.player, clock=RealClock(), config_path=config_path
+    )
+    tasks = [asyncio.create_task(service.run(), name=service.name) for service in services]
+    tasks.append(
+        asyncio.create_task(
+            sim.app.library.run_analysis(
+                is_busy=lambda: sim.player.is_playing,
+                on_batch=_analysis_batch_hook(services),
+            ),
+            name="library-analysis",
+        )
+    )
+    try:
+        if script is not None:
+            await run_script_file(sim, script)
+        else:
+            await run_repl(sim)
+    finally:
+        for task in tasks:
+            task.cancel()
+        await sim.aclose()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wiring
+
+
+def wants_hardware(config: Config, no_hardware_flag: bool) -> bool:
+    """Whether to open a serial port at all.
+
+    ``serial_port: simulate`` says the same thing ``--no-hardware`` does. It is asked
+    for rather than inferred from a missing key, but it is still worth saying out loud
+    every boot - a mouse whose RFID reader does nothing should say why.
+    """
+    if no_hardware_flag:
+        return False
+    if config.general.serial_simulated:
+        _log.warning(
+            'general.serial_port is "%s": running without the mouse. '
+            "The web front-end still works; RFID, buttons and LEDs do not.",
+            SIMULATE,
+        )
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def _build_player(bus: EventBus, general: GeneralConfig, *, clock: RealClock) -> Player:
+    """A real player, or a silent one when the config asked for that.
+
+    ``alsa_device: simulate`` gets the simulator's player: everything above it behaves
+    identically, it just makes no sound. Useful for working on the web UI without
+    commandeering the machine's audio.
+    """
+    if not general.audio_simulated:
+        return VlcPlayer(
+            bus,
+            alsa_device=general.alsa_device,
+            clock=clock,
+            **VlcPlayer.volume_kwargs(general),
+        )
+
+    _log.warning(
+        'general.alsa_device is "%s": using a simulated player, so nothing will be '
+        'audible. Set it to "default" for the system default output.',
+        SIMULATE,
+    )
+    # Imported here rather than at module scope so the real audio path never loads the
+    # simulator - and so this still runs on a machine without libVLC at all.
+    from musicmouse.simulator.fake_player import FakePlayer
+
+    return FakePlayer(bus, clock=clock, **FakePlayer.volume_kwargs(general))
+
+
+async def build_library(config: Config) -> MusicLibrary:
+    library_config = config.general.library
+    workers = library_config.analysis_workers
+    return await MusicLibrary.build(
+        library_config.root,
+        library_config.cache,
+        frozenset(config.general.audio_extensions),
+        analyzer=build_analyzer(),
+        # Unset in the config means "use the machine": a first pass over an unanalyzed
+        # library is hours of DSP, and there is no reason for a desktop to do it one
+        # core at a time. `MusicLibrary` itself defaults to 1 - see its docstring.
+        analysis_workers=default_worker_count() if workers is None else workers,
+        figure_kinds=config.figure_kinds,
+    )
+
+
+def _build_app(
+    config: Config,
+    bus: EventBus,
+    mouse: MusicMouseDevice,
+    player: Player,
+    library: MusicLibrary,
+    *,
+    clock: RealClock,
+    tippen: TippenRuntime | None = None,
+) -> App:
+    app = App(
+        config=config,
+        bus=bus,
+        mouse=mouse,
+        player=player,
+        library=library,
+        # One source of truth: the figure path and the web path must hand the player the
+        # same Playlist object for the same folder, because `play_figure` resumes on an
+        # identity check.
+        playlists=library.figure_playlists(),
+        clock=clock,
+        tippen=tippen,
+    )
+    register_all(bus, app)
+    return app
+
+
+T = TypeVar("T", bound=Service)
+
+
+def _service_of_type(services: list[Service], kind: type[T]) -> T | None:
+    return next((s for s in services if isinstance(s, kind)), None)
+
+
+def _analysis_batch_hook(services: list[Service]) -> Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None:
+    """The web front-end's own hub, if it is running - so open tabs refetch the library
+    as background analysis lands, instead of only after a manual reload. `None` when
+    there is no web service, which `MusicLibrary.analyze_pending` treats as "nobody to
+    tell".
+    """
+    web_service = _service_of_type(services, WebService)
+    return web_service.hub.broadcast_library if web_service else None
+
+
+def _build_services(
+    app: App,
+    mouse: MusicMouseDevice,
+    player: Player,
+    *,
+    clock: RealClock,
+    config_path: Path,
+) -> list[Service]:
+    """Every front-end. Each one only speaks intents, so they cannot conflict."""
+    services: list[Service] = []
+
+    mqtt_config = app.config.general.mqtt
+    if mqtt_config is None:
+        _log.info("No mqtt section in the config: Home Assistant integration is off")
+    else:
+        entities = build_entities(app.bus, mqtt_config, mouse, player)
+        services.append(MqttService(app.bus, mqtt_config, entities, clock=clock))
+
+    web_config = app.config.general.web
+    if web_config is None:
+        _log.info("No web section in the config: the web front-end is off")
+    else:
+        services.append(WebService(app, web_config, config_path))
+
+    lirc_config = app.config.general.lirc
+    if lirc_config is None:
+        _log.info("No lirc section in the config: the IR remote is off")
+    else:
+        services.append(LircService(app, lirc_config, clock=clock))
+
+    # Unconditional: a show only starts downloading once someone drops a `feed.txt`
+    # into its folder, so there is nothing to gate here with its own config section.
+    web_service = _service_of_type(services, WebService)
+    services.append(
+        PodcastFeedService(
+            app.library,
+            client=httpx2.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0),
+            on_change=lambda: app.rescan_library(
+                broadcast=web_service.hub.broadcast_library if web_service else None
+            ),
+            episode_limit=app.config.general.podcast_episode_limit,
+        )
+    )
+
+    return services
+
+
+async def _run_forever(coroutines: list[Coroutine[Any, Any, None]]) -> None:
+    tasks = [asyncio.create_task(coro) for coro in coroutines]
+    try:
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+    finally:
+        for task in tasks:
+            task.cancel()
+        with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

python-backend/musicmouse/app.py

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+"""What the reactions get handed: the three objects, the bus, and a little shared state."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+from musicmouse.bus import EventBus
+from musicmouse.clock import Clock, RealClock
+from musicmouse.config import Config, FigureColors
+from musicmouse.devices.mouse import MusicMouseDevice
+from musicmouse.devices.player import Player
+from musicmouse.library import MusicLibrary
+from musicmouse.library.models import Album
+from musicmouse.media import Playlist
+from musicmouse.tippen.runtime import TippenRuntime
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["App", "AppState"]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AppState:
+    """State that belongs to no single device but is shared between reactions."""
+
+    #: Figure that was taken off the reader mid-playlist, so putting it back resumes
+    #: instead of starting over. Cleared once its playlist runs out.
+    last_partially_played_figure: str | None = None
+
+    #: Whether the MQTT broker is currently reachable. The firmware's equivalent is
+    #: readable off the transport; a broker's is not, so it is remembered here.
+    mqtt_connected: bool = False
+
+    #: Whether the lircd TCP link for the IR remote is currently reachable.
+    lirc_connected: bool = False
+
+
+@dataclass
+class App:
+    config: Config
+    bus: EventBus
+    mouse: MusicMouseDevice
+    player: Player
+    library: MusicLibrary
+    playlists: dict[str, Playlist]
+    clock: Clock = field(default_factory=RealClock)
+    state: AppState = field(default_factory=AppState)
+    #: `None` when `general.tippen` is absent - the typing game is off.
+    tippen: TippenRuntime | None = None
+
+    def colors(self, figure: str) -> FigureColors:
+        return self.config.figures[figure].colors
+
+    def playlist(self, figure: str) -> Playlist | None:
+        playlist = self.playlists.get(figure)
+        if playlist is None:
+            _log.warning("No playlist for figure %r", figure)
+        return playlist
+
+    def album_for(self, playlist: Playlist | None) -> Album | None:
+        """The library album a playlist came from, if any."""
+        return self.library.get(playlist.album_id if playlist else None)
+
+    async def rescan_library(
+        self, *, broadcast: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        """Rescan from disk, rebuild figure playlists, and tell whoever's listening.
+
+        Shared by the manual "Bibliothek neu einlesen" endpoint and anything else that
+        can change what's on disk on its own, such as the podcast feed poller.
+        """
+        await self.library.refresh()
+        self.playlists.clear()
+        self.playlists.update(self.library.figure_playlists())
+        if broadcast is not None:
+            await broadcast()

python-backend/musicmouse/bus.py

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+"""The event bus.
+
+Everything in the process is serialised through one FIFO queue on one loop, which is
+what makes "last event wins" a well-defined rule for LED zone arbitration and what
+makes scenario tests deterministic.
+
+Handlers may be sync or async; async handlers are awaited, so one event is fully
+handled before the next is dispatched. A handler that raises is logged and does not
+stop the others or the bus.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import inspect
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
+from typing import Any, TypeAlias, TypeVar
+
+from musicmouse.events import Event
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["EventBus", "Handler", "Unsubscribe"]
+
+#: An alias carrying a TypeVar is generic on its own, so ``Handler[SomeEvent]`` still
+#: parameterises it the way the PEP 695 form did.
+E = TypeVar("E", bound=Event)
+
+Handler: TypeAlias = Callable[[E], Coroutine[Any, Any, None] | None]
+Unsubscribe: TypeAlias = Callable[[], None]
+
+
+class EventBus:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._handlers: dict[type[Event], list[Handler[Any]]] = {}
+        self._wildcard: list[Handler[Any]] = []
+        self._resolved: dict[type[Event], tuple[Handler[Any], ...]] = {}
+        self._queue: asyncio.Queue[Event] = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop | None = None
+        self._dispatcher: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------ lifecycle
+
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        if self._dispatcher is not None:
+            return
+        self._loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        self._dispatcher = asyncio.create_task(self._run(), name="event-bus")
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self._dispatcher is None:
+            return
+        self._dispatcher.cancel()
+        with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            await self._dispatcher
+        self._dispatcher = None
+        self._loop = None
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> EventBus:
+        await self.start()
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *exc_info: object) -> None:
+        await self.stop()
+
+    # --------------------------------------------------------------- subscription
+
+    def subscribe(self, event_type: type[E], handler: Handler[E]) -> Unsubscribe:
+        """Register ``handler`` for ``event_type`` and any subclass of it."""
+        self._handlers.setdefault(event_type, []).append(handler)
+        self._resolved.clear()
+
+        def unsubscribe() -> None:
+            handlers = self._handlers.get(event_type)
+            if handlers and handler in handlers:
+                handlers.remove(handler)
+                self._resolved.clear()
+
+        return unsubscribe
+
+    def subscribe_all(self, handler: Handler[Event]) -> Unsubscribe:
+        """Register ``handler`` for every event. Useful for logging and broadcasting."""
+        self._wildcard.append(handler)
+
+        def unsubscribe() -> None:
+            if handler in self._wildcard:
+                self._wildcard.remove(handler)
+
+        return unsubscribe
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- publication
+
+    def emit(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Queue ``event`` for dispatch. Safe to call from any thread.
+
+        libVLC fires its callbacks on its own thread; this is where that crossing is
+        made safe instead of reaching the serial transport off-loop.
+        """
+        loop = self._loop
+        if loop is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("EventBus.emit() before start()")
+        try:
+            running = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            running = None
+        if running is loop:
+            self._queue.put_nowait(event)
+        else:
+            loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._queue.put_nowait, event)
+
+    async def drain(self) -> None:
+        """Wait until every queued event, and everything they emitted, is handled."""
+        await self._queue.join()
+
+    async def emit_and_wait(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        self.emit(event)
+        await self.drain()
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------- internals
+
+    async def _run(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            event = await self._queue.get()
+            try:
+                await self._dispatch(event)
+            finally:
+                self._queue.task_done()
+
+    async def _dispatch(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        for handler in self._handlers_for(type(event)):
+            try:
+                result = handler(event)
+                if inspect.isawaitable(result):
+                    await result
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                raise
+            except Exception:
+                _log.exception("Handler %s failed on %r", _name(handler), event)
+
+    def _handlers_for(self, event_type: type[Event]) -> tuple[Handler[Any], ...]:
+        cached = self._resolved.get(event_type)
+        if cached is None:
+            matched: list[Handler[Any]] = []
+            for klass in event_type.__mro__:
+                if klass is object:
+                    continue
+                matched.extend(self._handlers.get(klass, ()))
+            cached = tuple(matched)
+            self._resolved[event_type] = cached
+        # Wildcards are not cached: they are appended last and change rarely.
+        return cached + tuple(self._wildcard)
+
+
+def _name(handler: Handler[Any]) -> str:
+    return getattr(handler, "__qualname__", repr(handler))

python-backend/musicmouse/clock.py

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+"""Time, behind a protocol.
+
+Anything that waits takes a :class:`Clock` instead of calling :func:`asyncio.sleep`
+directly. Under :class:`RealClock` a scenario runs in real time; under
+:class:`FakeClock` the identical scenario runs in microseconds, which is what makes
+``wait 1s`` affordable inside the test suite.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import heapq
+import itertools
+import time
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from typing import Protocol
+
+__all__ = ["Clock", "FakeClock", "RealClock"]
+
+
+class Clock(Protocol):
+    def now(self) -> float:
+        """Monotonic seconds. Only differences are meaningful."""
+        ...
+
+    async def sleep(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        """Suspend the calling task for ``seconds``."""
+        ...
+
+    async def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        """Let ``seconds`` pass, from the driver's point of view."""
+        ...
+
+
+class RealClock:
+    def now(self) -> float:
+        return time.monotonic()
+
+    async def sleep(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        await asyncio.sleep(seconds)
+
+    async def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        await asyncio.sleep(seconds)
+
+
+class FakeClock:
+    """Virtual time.
+
+    ``sleep()`` parks the caller until ``advance()`` moves time past its deadline.
+    ``idle`` is awaited after each wake-up so that whatever the woken task emitted has
+    been fully handled before virtual time moves on - pass ``EventBus.drain``.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, start: float = 0.0, idle: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None = None):
+        self._now = start
+        self._idle = idle
+        self._counter = itertools.count()
+        self._sleepers: list[tuple[float, int, asyncio.Future[None]]] = []
+
+    def now(self) -> float:
+        return self._now
+
+    async def sleep(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        if seconds <= 0:
+            await self._settle()
+            return
+        future: asyncio.Future[None] = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        heapq.heappush(self._sleepers, (self._now + seconds, next(self._counter), future))
+        await future
+
+    async def advance(self, seconds: float) -> None:
+        # Settle first: a task created but not yet started has not registered its
+        # sleep, and would otherwise have its deadline computed from the new time.
+        await self._settle()
+        target = self._now + max(0.0, seconds)
+        while self._sleepers and self._sleepers[0][0] <= target:
+            deadline, _, future = heapq.heappop(self._sleepers)
+            self._now = max(self._now, deadline)
+            if not future.done():
+                future.set_result(None)
+            await self._settle()
+        self._now = target
+        await self._settle()
+
+    @property
+    def pending_timers(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._sleepers)
+
+    async def _settle(self) -> None:
+        # Give woken tasks a chance to run, then let their events be handled.
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        if self._idle is not None:
+            await self._idle()
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)

python-backend/musicmouse/color.py

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+"""Colour types shared by the LED wire format and the config schema.
+
+Kept separate from :mod:`musicmouse.devices.effects` so that :mod:`musicmouse.config`
+can validate colours without importing anything device-related.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import colorsys
+import struct
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+__all__ = ["ColorHSV", "ColorRGBW", "parse_color"]
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class ColorRGBW:
+    """An RGBW colour with all channels normalised to ``0.0 .. 1.0``."""
+
+    r: float
+    g: float
+    b: float
+    w: float
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"#({self.r}, {self.g}, {self.b}, {self.w})"
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        return all(0 <= v <= 1 for v in (self.r, self.g, self.b, self.w))
+
+    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+        if not self.is_valid:
+            raise ValueError(f"Channel values must be within 0..1, got {self!r}")
+        return struct.pack(
+            "<BBBB",
+            int(self.r * 255),
+            int(self.g * 255),
+            int(self.b * 255),
+            int(self.w * 255),
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_bytes(cls, data: bytes) -> ColorRGBW:
+        r, g, b, w = struct.unpack("<BBBB", data)
+        return cls(r / 255, g / 255, b / 255, w / 255)
+
+    def __mul__(self, scale: float) -> ColorRGBW:
+        if not 0 <= scale <= 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Scale must be within 0..1, got {scale}")
+        return ColorRGBW(self.r * scale, self.g * scale, self.b * scale, self.w * scale)
+
+    def without_white_channel(self) -> ColorRGBW:
+        """Fold the white channel into RGB, for strips driven without a W channel."""
+        r, g, b = (min(1.0, c + self.w) for c in (self.r, self.g, self.b))
+        return ColorRGBW(r, g, b, 0)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class ColorHSV:
+    """Hue in degrees (``0..360``), saturation ``0..1``, value ``0..2``."""
+
+    h: float
+    s: float
+    v: float
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"ColorHSV({self.h}, {self.s}, {self.v})"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_rgb(rgb: ColorRGBW) -> ColorHSV:
+        h, s, v = colorsys.rgb_to_hsv(rgb.r, rgb.g, rgb.b)
+        return ColorHSV(h * 360, s, v)
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        return 0 <= self.h <= 360 and 0 <= self.s <= 1 and 0 <= self.v <= 2
+
+    def as_bytes(self) -> bytes:
+        if not self.is_valid:
+            raise ValueError(f"Out-of-range HSV colour {self!r}")
+        return struct.pack("<fff", self.h, self.s, self.v)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_bytes(cls, data: bytes) -> ColorHSV:
+        return cls(*struct.unpack("<fff", data))
+
+
+def parse_color(value: str | ColorRGBW) -> ColorRGBW:
+    """Parse ``"#rrggbb"`` (RGB) or ``"wNN"`` (white channel only) into a colour.
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: with a message naming the accepted formats.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, ColorRGBW):
+        return value
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        raise ValueError(f"expected a colour string, got {type(value).__name__}")
+
+    text = value.strip()
+    if text.startswith("#"):
+        digits = text[1:]
+        if len(digits) != 6:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"unrecognized color format {value!r} "
+                f"(expected '#rrggbb' with 6 hex digits, got {len(digits)})"
+            )
+        try:
+            r, g, b = (int(digits[i : i + 2], 16) / 255 for i in (0, 2, 4))
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"unrecognized color format {value!r} (expected '#rrggbb' with hex digits)"
+            ) from None
+        return ColorRGBW(r, g, b, 0)
+
+    if text.startswith("w"):
+        digits = text[1:]
+        try:
+            white = int(digits, 16)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"unrecognized color format {value!r} (expected 'wNN' with hex digits)"
+            ) from None
+        if not 0 <= white <= 255:
+            raise ValueError(f"white value in {value!r} must be within 00..ff")
+        return ColorRGBW(0, 0, 0, white / 255)
+
+    raise ValueError(f"unrecognized color format {value!r} (expected '#rrggbb' or 'wNN')")

python-backend/musicmouse/config.py

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+"""Config schema and loading.
+
+Validation is strict on purpose: unknown keys are rejected (a typo'd setting that is
+silently ignored is worse than a startup failure), and every problem in the file is
+reported at once rather than one per run.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Final, Literal, Self, TypeAlias
+
+from pydantic import (
+    BaseModel,
+    ConfigDict,
+    Field,
+    PlainValidator,
+    ValidationError,
+    ValidationInfo,
+    field_validator,
+    model_validator,
+)
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from ruamel.yaml.error import YAMLError
+
+from musicmouse.color import ColorRGBW, parse_color
+from musicmouse.hardware import NO_FIGURE_TAG, RFID_TAG_LENGTH
+from musicmouse.library.podcast_feeds import DEFAULT_EPISODE_LIMIT
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "SIMULATE",
+    "Config",
+    "ConfigError",
+    "Digit",
+    "FigureColors",
+    "FigureConfig",
+    "GeneralConfig",
+    "HaConfig",
+    "HaDeviceConfig",
+    "LibraryConfig",
+    "LircConfig",
+    "MqttConfig",
+    "RemoteSlotConfig",
+    "TippenConfig",
+    "WebConfig",
+    "format_validation_error",
+    "load_config",
+]
+
+#: Number keys on the IR remote, as lircd's ``BTN_0``..``BTN_9`` map to them.
+Digit: TypeAlias = Literal["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
+
+DEFAULT_AUDIO_EXTENSIONS = (".mp3", ".ogg", ".oga", ".opus", ".flac", ".wav", ".m4a", ".aac")
+
+#: Stand-in value for ``serial_port`` and ``alsa_device``. Running without the mouse or
+#: without sound is a supported setup, but it has to be *asked for*: a missing key is an
+#: error, so a config that lost a line fails loudly instead of booting into a silent
+#: mouse that looks like it is working.
+SIMULATE: Final = "simulate"
+
+
+class ConfigError(Exception):
+    """Raised with an already human-readable, multi-line message."""
+
+
+def _parse_tag_id(value: Any) -> bytes:
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        raw = value
+    else:
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            raise ValueError(f"expected a hex string, got {type(value).__name__}")
+        text = value.strip().replace(":", "").replace(" ", "")
+        try:
+            raw = bytes.fromhex(text)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(f"{value!r} is not a valid hex string") from None
+    if len(raw) != RFID_TAG_LENGTH:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"expected {RFID_TAG_LENGTH} bytes ({RFID_TAG_LENGTH * 2} hex digits), "
+            f"got {len(raw)} ({raw.hex()!r})"
+        )
+    if raw == NO_FIGURE_TAG:
+        raise ValueError("the all-zero tag id is reserved for 'no figure on the reader'")
+    return raw
+
+
+Color = Annotated[ColorRGBW, PlainValidator(parse_color)]
+TagId = Annotated[bytes, PlainValidator(_parse_tag_id)]
+
+_COLOR_ROLES = ("primary", "secondary", "bg", "accent")
+
+
+class _Strict(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid", arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
+
+
+class FigureColors(_Strict):
+    """The four colours of a figure, given in config as a list of colour strings."""
+
+    primary: Color
+    secondary: Color
+    bg: Color
+    accent: Color
+
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def _accept_sequence(cls, data: Any) -> Any:
+        if isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
+            if len(data) != len(_COLOR_ROLES):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"expected exactly {len(_COLOR_ROLES)} colors "
+                    f"({', '.join(_COLOR_ROLES)}), got {len(data)}"
+                )
+            return dict(zip(_COLOR_ROLES, data, strict=True))
+        return data
+
+
+def _resolve_folder(
+    folder: Path, info: ValidationInfo, *, must_exist: bool, kind: Literal["dir", "file"] = "dir"
+) -> Path:
+    """Make a configured path absolute against the config file, and optionally check it."""
+    context = info.context or {}
+    base = context.get("config_dir")
+    if base is not None and not folder.is_absolute():
+        folder = (Path(base) / folder).resolve()
+    if must_exist and context.get("check_paths", True):
+        exists = folder.is_file() if kind == "file" else folder.is_dir()
+        if not exists:
+            noun = "file" if kind == "file" else "directory"
+            raise ValueError(f"no such {noun}: {folder}")
+    return folder
+
+
+class MqttConfig(_Strict):
+    server: str
+    port: int = Field(default=1883, ge=1, le=65535)
+    user: str | None = None
+    password: str | None = None
+    base_topic: str = "musicmouse"
+    discovery_prefix: str = "homeassistant"
+    device_id: str = "musicmouse"
+    device_name: str = "Music Mouse"
+    reconnect_interval: float = Field(default=10.0, gt=0)
+
+
+class LircConfig(_Strict):
+    """TCP client for lircd's classic network protocol - see ``ansible/roles/pi_lirc``.
+
+    Omit the whole section to run without an IR remote.
+    """
+
+    host: str
+    #: This deployment's lircd listens on 2222 (see the ansible role); lircd's own
+    #: default is 8765, so this is worth overriding rather than assuming.
+    port: int = Field(default=2222, ge=1, le=65535)
+    #: Only button events from this remote are acted on - other remotes registered
+    #: with the same lircd (an LED remote, say) are ignored.
+    remote_name: str = "Hauppauge"
+    reconnect_interval: float = Field(default=5.0, gt=0)
+
+
+class LibraryConfig(_Strict):
+    """Where the music lives.
+
+    One path. The shelves underneath it - ``Figuren``, ``Musik``, ``Hoerbuecher``,
+    ``Kinderpodcasts`` - are fixed names, not settings; see
+    :mod:`musicmouse.library.sections`.
+    """
+
+    root: Path
+    #: Scan results, extracted cover art and track analysis. Relative to this file.
+    cache: Path = Path(".musicmouse-cache")
+    #: How many tracks background analysis may work on at once, each in its own worker
+    #: process. Omit for one per core bar one (see
+    #: :func:`musicmouse.library.workers.default_worker_count`); set it to 1 to keep
+    #: analysis to a single process on a machine that has other work to do.
+    analysis_workers: int | None = Field(default=None, ge=1)
+
+    @field_validator("root")
+    @classmethod
+    def _resolve_root(cls, folder: Path, info: ValidationInfo) -> Path:
+        return _resolve_folder(folder, info, must_exist=True)
+
+    @field_validator("cache")
+    @classmethod
+    def _resolve_cache(cls, folder: Path, info: ValidationInfo) -> Path:
+        return _resolve_folder(folder, info, must_exist=False)
+
+    @property
+    def figure_folder(self) -> Path:
+        return self.root / "Figuren"
+
+
+class WebConfig(_Strict):
+    """The web front-end. Omit the whole section to run without it."""
+
+    #: A LAN appliance with no auth; binding to all interfaces is the point.
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = Field(default=8080, ge=1, le=65535)
+    #: Built frontend to serve at ``/``. Omit to expose only the JSON API.
+    static_dir: Path | None = None
+
+    @field_validator("static_dir")
+    @classmethod
+    def _resolve_static(cls, folder: Path | None, info: ValidationInfo) -> Path | None:
+        return None if folder is None else _resolve_folder(folder, info, must_exist=False)
+
+
+class HaDeviceConfig(_Strict):
+    """One Home Assistant entity to expose to the room-control page ("Mein Zimmer")."""
+
+    entity_id: str
+    name: str | None = None
+
+
+class HaConfig(_Strict):
+    """Home Assistant integration for the room-control page ("Mein Zimmer").
+
+    The backend never calls Home Assistant itself - it only hands the browser the
+    server URL, the token, and these two ordered lists. Control happens directly from
+    the browser to Home Assistant's own REST API, so this token grants full HA control
+    to anything on the LAN that can reach musicmouse. See config.yml.example.
+    """
+
+    url: str
+    token: str
+    #: Order is preserved and drives the device card grid on the room page.
+    devices: list[HaDeviceConfig] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    #: Order is preserved and drives the scene pill row on the room page.
+    scenes: list[HaDeviceConfig] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _check_something_configured(self) -> Self:
+        if not self.devices and not self.scenes:
+            raise ValueError("configure at least one device or scene, or omit the ha section")
+        return self
+
+
+class TippenConfig(_Strict):
+    """The typing game. Omit the whole section to run without it.
+
+    The curriculum is content, not device settings, so it lives in its own file
+    (``curriculum_file``) rather than inline here - see ``tippen-curriculum.yml.example``.
+    ``progress_file`` is written by the app itself, not hand-edited, and defaults to a
+    name next to ``config.yml`` if not given a folder of its own.
+    """
+
+    curriculum_file: Path
+    progress_file: Path = Path("tippen-progress.json")
+
+    @field_validator("curriculum_file")
+    @classmethod
+    def _resolve_curriculum_file(cls, path: Path, info: ValidationInfo) -> Path:
+        return _resolve_folder(path, info, must_exist=True, kind="file")
+
+    @field_validator("progress_file")
+    @classmethod
+    def _resolve_progress_file(cls, path: Path, info: ValidationInfo) -> Path:
+        return _resolve_folder(path, info, must_exist=False, kind="file")
+
+
+class GeneralConfig(_Strict):
+    library: LibraryConfig
+
+    #: Serial port the ESP32 is on, or ``"simulate"`` to run without the mouse: the
+    #: web front-end is a complete way to drive the player on its own. Required.
+    serial_port: str
+    baudrate: int = Field(default=115200, gt=0)
+    reconnect_interval: float = Field(default=5.0, gt=0)
+
+    #: ALSA output device passed to VLC, e.g. ``"hw:0,0"`` or ``"default"``, or
+    #: ``"simulate"`` for a player that makes no sound. Required.
+    alsa_device: str
+
+    mqtt: MqttConfig | None = None
+    web: WebConfig | None = None
+    ha: HaConfig | None = None
+    lirc: LircConfig | None = None
+    tippen: TippenConfig | None = None
+
+    min_volume: int = Field(default=0, ge=0, le=200)
+    max_volume: int = Field(default=100, ge=0, le=200)
+    initial_volume: int = Field(default=50, ge=0, le=200)
+    volume_increment: int = Field(default=5, ge=1, le=100)
+    button_leds_brightness: float = Field(default=0.5, ge=0, le=1)
+
+    audio_extensions: tuple[str, ...] = DEFAULT_AUDIO_EXTENSIONS
+
+    #: How many episodes of each podcast show to keep, newest first. A show that has
+    #: published for years grows without bound and will eventually fill the device's SD
+    #: card. ``null`` keeps every episode, and minding the free space is then on you.
+    #:
+    #: Lowering this *deletes* the episodes that fall outside the window on the next
+    #: poll, and an episode that has aged out of its feed cannot be fetched again.
+    podcast_episode_limit: int | None = Field(default=DEFAULT_EPISODE_LIMIT, ge=1)
+
+    @property
+    def serial_simulated(self) -> bool:
+        return self.serial_port == SIMULATE
+
+    @property
+    def audio_simulated(self) -> bool:
+        return self.alsa_device == SIMULATE
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _check_volumes(self) -> Self:
+        if self.min_volume > self.max_volume:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"min_volume ({self.min_volume}) must not exceed max_volume ({self.max_volume})"
+            )
+        if not self.min_volume <= self.initial_volume <= self.max_volume:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"initial_volume ({self.initial_volume}) must lie between "
+                f"min_volume ({self.min_volume}) and max_volume ({self.max_volume})"
+            )
+        return self
+
+
+class FigureConfig(_Strict):
+    #: RFID tag id as hex, e.g. "04a1b2c3d4".
+    id: TagId
+    colors: FigureColors
+    #: What this figure holds. Unlike the other shelves a figure folder is named after
+    #: the figurine rather than its contents, so nothing on disk says whether it is an
+    #: album or an audiobook - and the browse view draws the two differently.
+    kind: Literal["music", "book"] = "music"
+
+
+class RemoteSlotConfig(_Strict):
+    """What a number key on the IR remote plays.
+
+    ``"album"``: ``target`` is an ``Album.id``, always started from track 0 - a music
+    album or an audiobook. ``"series"``: ``target`` is a podcast show name (an
+    ``Album.series``); resolved to that show's newest episode fresh on every press,
+    since a podcast show is not itself one playable thing in this library - each
+    episode is its own album.
+    """
+
+    target_kind: Literal["album", "series"]
+    target: str
+
+
+class Config(_Strict):
+    general: GeneralConfig
+    figures: dict[str, FigureConfig] = Field(min_length=1)
+    #: Number key (0-9) -> what it plays. Empty by default: a fresh install has no
+    #: assignments, and that is not an error.
+    remote: dict[Digit, RemoteSlotConfig] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _check_unique_tag_ids(self) -> Self:
+        seen: dict[bytes, str] = {}
+        for name, figure in self.figures.items():
+            if (other := seen.get(figure.id)) is not None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"figures {other!r} and {name!r} both use tag id {figure.id.hex()}"
+                )
+            seen[figure.id] = name
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def tag_map(self) -> dict[bytes, str]:
+        """Tag id -> figure name, as handed to the device."""
+        return {figure.id: name for name, figure in self.figures.items()}
+
+    @property
+    def figure_kinds(self) -> dict[str, Literal["music", "book"]]:
+        """Figure name -> what it holds, as handed to the library scanner."""
+        return {name: figure.kind for name, figure in self.figures.items()}
+
+    def folder_for(self, figure: str) -> Path:
+        return self.general.library.figure_folder / figure
+
+
+def format_validation_error(error: ValidationError) -> str:
+    """Render a pydantic error as one short ``path: message`` line per problem."""
+    lines: list[str] = []
+    for entry in error.errors():
+        location = ".".join(
+            f"[{part}]" if isinstance(part, int) else str(part) for part in entry["loc"]
+        ).replace(".[", "[")
+        message = entry["msg"]
+        for prefix in ("Value error, ", "Assertion failed, "):
+            message = message.removeprefix(prefix)
+        if entry["type"] == "extra_forbidden":
+            message = "unknown option (check the spelling against config.yml.example)"
+        elif entry["type"] == "missing":
+            message = "required (see config.yml.example)"
+        lines.append(f"  {location or '<root>'}: {message}")
+    plural = "s" if len(lines) != 1 else ""
+    return f"{len(lines)} problem{plural} in the config file:\n" + "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def load_config(path: Path, *, check_paths: bool = True) -> Config:
+    """Load and validate a config file.
+
+    Raises:
+        ConfigError: with a message that can be printed straight to the terminal.
+    """
+    path = Path(path)
+    if path.is_dir():
+        raise ConfigError(
+            f"{path} is a directory. Pass the config file itself, e.g. {path / 'config.yml'}"
+        )
+    try:
+        text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    except OSError as exc:
+        raise ConfigError(f"Cannot read config file {path}: {exc.strerror}") from exc
+
+    try:
+        data = YAML(typ="safe").load(text)
+    except YAMLError as exc:
+        raise ConfigError(f"{path} is not valid YAML:\n  {exc}") from exc
+
+    if data is None:
+        raise ConfigError(f"{path} is empty")
+    if not isinstance(data, dict):
+        raise ConfigError(
+            f"{path} must contain a mapping at the top level, got {type(data).__name__}"
+        )
+
+    context = {"config_dir": path.parent, "check_paths": check_paths}
+    try:
+        config = Config.model_validate(data, context=context)
+    except ValidationError as exc:
+        raise ConfigError(f"{path}\n{format_validation_error(exc)}") from exc
+
+    if check_paths:
+        for name in config.figures:
+            folder = config.folder_for(name)
+            if not folder.is_dir():
+                _log.warning("Figure %r has no media folder at %s", name, folder)
+    return config

python-backend/musicmouse/devices/__init__.py

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+"""Objects that own a piece of hardware: the mouse itself and the audio player."""

python-backend/musicmouse/devices/mouse.py

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+"""The mouse itself: the object that talks to the firmware.
+
+It owns the physical state - which figure is on the reader, how bright the button
+backlights are, which effect each LED zone is showing - and it is the single writer to
+all three LED zones. "Last write wins" is therefore a well-defined rule: whoever sets a
+zone last, whether a figure animation or an MQTT command, is what the strip shows.
+
+Every write emits :class:`~musicmouse.events.LedEffectChanged`, so front-ends can
+publish the strip's real state instead of echoing their own commands back.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from dataclasses import replace
+
+from musicmouse.bus import EventBus
+from musicmouse.devices.transport import Transport
+from musicmouse.devices.wire import (
+    FirmwareLog,
+    FrameDecoder,
+    ProtocolError,
+    UnsupportedEffectError,
+    encode_button_brightness,
+    encode_effect,
+)
+from musicmouse.effects import OFF, LedEffect
+from musicmouse.events import (
+    ActiveFigureChanged,
+    ConnectionChanged,
+    DeviceConnected,
+    DeviceDisconnected,
+    EventSource,
+    InputEvent,
+    LedEffectChanged,
+    RfidTokenRead,
+)
+from musicmouse.hardware import NO_FIGURE_TAG, Button, LedZone
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["MusicMouseDevice"]
+
+_BACKLIT_BUTTONS = (Button.LEFT, Button.RIGHT)
+
+
+class MusicMouseDevice:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        bus: EventBus,
+        transport: Transport,
+        tag_map: dict[bytes, str],
+        *,
+        port: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        self._bus = bus
+        self._transport = transport
+        self._tag_map = dict(tag_map)
+        self._decoder = FrameDecoder()
+        self.port = port
+
+        self._active_figure: str | None = None
+        self._button_brightness: float = 0.0
+        self._effects: dict[LedZone, LedEffect] = {}
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------- state
+
+    @property
+    def active_figure(self) -> str | None:
+        """The figure currently on the reader, or ``None`` if there is none."""
+        return self._active_figure
+
+    @property
+    def button_led_brightness(self) -> float:
+        return self._button_brightness
+
+    @property
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return self._transport.connected
+
+    def effect(self, zone: LedZone) -> LedEffect | None:
+        return self._effects.get(zone)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------ actions
+
+    def set_effect(
+        self, zone: LedZone, effect: LedEffect, *, origin: EventSource = "system"
+    ) -> None:
+        """Show ``effect`` on ``zone``. The most recent call wins."""
+        try:
+            frame = encode_effect(zone, effect)
+        except UnsupportedEffectError as exc:
+            _log.error("%s", exc)
+            return
+
+        self._effects[zone] = effect
+        self._transport.write(frame)
+        self._bus.emit(
+            LedEffectChanged(zone=zone, effect=effect, origin=origin, source="device")
+        )
+
+    def set_button_brightness(self, brightness: float, *, origin: EventSource = "system") -> None:
+        """Set both prev/next button backlights (``0..1``)."""
+        brightness = min(1.0, max(0.0, brightness))
+        self._button_brightness = brightness
+        for button in _BACKLIT_BUTTONS:
+            self._transport.write(encode_button_brightness(button, brightness))
+        _log.debug("Button backlights -> %.2f (%s)", brightness, origin)
+
+    def all_leds_off(self, *, origin: EventSource = "system") -> None:
+        for zone in LedZone:
+            self.set_effect(zone, OFF(), origin=origin)
+        self.set_button_brightness(0.0, origin=origin)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------- link callbacks
+
+    def on_connected(self) -> None:
+        """Re-apply memorized state, so a reconnect is invisible from the outside."""
+        self._bus.emit(DeviceConnected(port=self.port, source="device"))
+        self._bus.emit(ConnectionChanged(target="firmware", connected=True, source="device"))
+
+        for zone, effect in self._effects.items():
+            self._transport.write(encode_effect(zone, effect))
+        for button in _BACKLIT_BUTTONS:
+            self._transport.write(encode_button_brightness(button, self._button_brightness))
+        if self._effects:
+            _log.info("Restored %d LED zone(s) after reconnect", len(self._effects))
+
+    def on_disconnected(self, reason: str = "") -> None:
+        self._bus.emit(DeviceDisconnected(port=self.port, reason=reason or None, source="device"))
+        self._bus.emit(ConnectionChanged(target="firmware", connected=False, source="device"))
+
+    def feed(self, data: bytes) -> None:
+        """Hand bytes from the link to the decoder and publish what comes out."""
+        self._decoder.push(data)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                item = self._decoder.take()
+            except ProtocolError as exc:
+                _log.warning("Discarding bad frame from firmware: %s", exc)
+                continue
+            if item is None:
+                return
+
+            if isinstance(item, FirmwareLog):
+                if item.text:
+                    _log.info("[firmware] %s", item.text)
+            else:
+                self._publish(item)
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- internals
+
+    def _publish(self, event: InputEvent) -> None:
+        if isinstance(event, RfidTokenRead):
+            self._publish_tag_read(event)
+        else:
+            self._bus.emit(event)
+
+    def _publish_tag_read(self, event: RfidTokenRead) -> None:
+        if event.tag_id == NO_FIGURE_TAG:
+            figure, known = None, True
+        elif (name := self._tag_map.get(event.tag_id)) is not None:
+            figure, known = name, True
+        else:
+            figure, known = None, False
+            _log.warning("Unknown RFID tag %s - not configured as a figure", event.tag_id.hex())
+
+        self._bus.emit(replace(event, figure=figure, known=known))
+        if not known:
+            # Leave the active figure alone: an unreadable tag is not a removal.
+            return
+
+        previous, self._active_figure = self._active_figure, figure
+        if previous != figure:
+            self._bus.emit(
+                ActiveFigureChanged(figure=figure, previous=previous, source="device")
+            )

python-backend/musicmouse/devices/null_transport.py

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+"""A transport with nothing on the other end.
+
+The web front-end is a complete way to drive the mouse, so the backend has to be
+useful on a machine that has no mouse attached - a spare Pi, a laptop, a container.
+Rather than making :class:`~musicmouse.devices.mouse.MusicMouseDevice` optional and
+teaching every reaction to cope with its absence, the device is built as usual against
+a transport that drops what it is handed. Lighting reactions still run; their bytes go
+nowhere.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+__all__ = ["NullTransport"]
+
+
+class NullTransport:
+    def write(self, data: bytes) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return False

python-backend/musicmouse/devices/player.py

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+"""Audio playback, behind a protocol.
+
+:class:`VlcPlayer` is the only real implementation; the simulator supplies another.
+libVLC fires its callbacks on its own thread, so every one of them goes through
+``bus.emit()``, which hops back onto the event loop. The old code called straight into
+the serial transport from that thread.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol
+
+from musicmouse.bus import EventBus
+from musicmouse.clock import Clock, RealClock
+from musicmouse.events import (
+    EventSource,
+    PlaybackChanged,
+    PlaylistFinished,
+    TrackChanged,
+    VolumeChanged,
+)
+from musicmouse.media import Playlist, Track
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from musicmouse.config import GeneralConfig
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["Player", "PlayerBase", "VlcPlayer"]
+
+
+class Player(Protocol):
+    """What reactions and front-ends are allowed to do with the audio player."""
+
+    @property
+    def is_playing(self) -> bool: ...
+    @property
+    def volume(self) -> int: ...
+    @property
+    def playlist(self) -> Playlist | None: ...
+    @property
+    def track_index(self) -> int: ...
+    @property
+    def current_track(self) -> Track | None: ...
+    @property
+    def position(self) -> float:
+        """Seconds into the current track. ``0.0`` when nothing is loaded.
+
+        Read on demand rather than announced: a progress bar wants this twice a second,
+        and an event at that rate would flood the bus, the MQTT service and the log for
+        the benefit of one front-end.
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @property
+    def duration(self) -> float:
+        """Length of the current track in seconds, or ``0.0`` when unknown."""
+        ...
+
+    def set_playlist(self, playlist: Playlist) -> None: ...
+    def play(self) -> None: ...
+    def play_from_start(self) -> None: ...
+    def play_track(self, index: int) -> None: ...
+    def pause(self) -> None: ...
+    def stop(self) -> None: ...
+    def next_track(self) -> None: ...
+    def previous_track(self) -> None: ...
+    def seek(self, position: float) -> None: ...
+    def set_volume(self, volume: int, *, source: EventSource = "system") -> None: ...
+    def change_volume(self, delta: int, *, source: EventSource = "system") -> None: ...
+    def set_volume_limits(self, minimum: int, maximum: int) -> None: ...
+
+    async def run(self) -> None:
+        """Long-running task, if the implementation needs one."""
+        ...
+
+    def close(self) -> None: ...
+
+
+class PlayerBase:
+    """Volume clamping, playlist bookkeeping and state events, shared by the
+    real and the simulated player."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        bus: EventBus,
+        *,
+        min_volume: int = 0,
+        max_volume: int = 100,
+        initial_volume: int = 50,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._bus = bus
+        self._min_volume = min_volume
+        self._max_volume = max_volume
+        self._volume = self._clamp(initial_volume)
+        self._playlist: Playlist | None = None
+        self._index = 0
+        self._playing = False
+        self._playlist_changed = False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def volume_kwargs(cls, config: GeneralConfig) -> dict[str, int]:
+        return {
+            "min_volume": config.min_volume,
+            "max_volume": config.max_volume,
+            "initial_volume": config.initial_volume,
+        }
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------- state
+
+    @property
+    def is_playing(self) -> bool:
+        return self._playing
+
+    @property
+    def volume(self) -> int:
+        return self._volume
+
+    @property
+    def playlist(self) -> Playlist | None:
+        return self._playlist
+
+    @property
+    def track_index(self) -> int:
+        return self._index
+
+    @property
+    def current_track(self) -> Track | None:
+        if self._playlist is None or not 0 <= self._index < len(self._playlist):
+            return None
+        return self._playlist[self._index]
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------ actions
+
+    def set_volume(self, volume: int, *, source: EventSource = "system") -> None:
+        clamped = self._clamp(volume)
+        if clamped == self._volume:
+            return
+        self._volume = clamped
+        self._apply_volume(clamped)
+        self._announce_volume(source)
+
+    def change_volume(self, delta: int, *, source: EventSource = "system") -> None:
+        self.set_volume(self._volume + delta, source=source)
+
+    def set_volume_limits(self, minimum: int, maximum: int) -> None:
+        """Re-clamp to a new allowed range, and pull the current volume into it.
+
+        Parent mode edits these while the mouse is playing, so they cannot only be
+        constructor arguments.
+        """
+        self._min_volume = minimum
+        self._max_volume = maximum
+        self.set_volume(self._volume)
+
+    def _apply_volume(self, volume: int) -> None:
+        """Push the new volume at whatever actually makes sound. No-op by default."""
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- internals
+
+    def _clamp(self, volume: int) -> int:
+        # `if self._min_volume and ...` in the old code silently ignored min_volume: 0,
+        # which is what config.yml.example shipped with.
+        return max(self._min_volume, min(self._max_volume, volume))
+
+    def _set_playing(self, playing: bool, *, figure: str | None = None) -> None:
+        if playing == self._playing:
+            return
+        self._playing = playing
+        self._playlist_changed = False
+        self._bus.emit(
+            PlaybackChanged(
+                playing=playing, figure=figure, playlist=self._playlist, source="player"
+            )
+        )
+
+    def _set_index(self, index: int) -> None:
+        # A playlist swap while already playing resets the index to 0 without going
+        # through here (see `_load_playlist`), so the following `play_track(0)` looks
+        # like a no-op index change. Force it through in that case - `_set_playing`
+        # will not itself announce anything, since it was already playing before and
+        # after. Starting from idle needs no such push: `_set_playing`'s own True
+        # transition already covers the broadcast.
+        force = self._playlist_changed and self._playing
+        if index == self._index and not force:
+            return
+        self._playlist_changed = False
+        self._index = index
+        self._bus.emit(TrackChanged(index=index, track=self.current_track, source="player"))
+
+    def _load_playlist(self, playlist: Playlist) -> None:
+        """Bookkeeping shared by every player's ``set_playlist``."""
+        self._playlist = playlist
+        self._index = 0
+        self._playlist_changed = True
+
+    def _announce_volume(self, source: EventSource = "player") -> None:
+        self._bus.emit(VolumeChanged(volume=self._volume, source=source))
+
+    def _announce_playlist_finished(self) -> None:
+        self._bus.emit(PlaylistFinished(source="player"))
+
+    async def run(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover - overridden where needed
+        return
+
+    def close(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover - overridden where needed
+        return
+
+
+class VlcPlayer(PlayerBase):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        bus: EventBus,
+        *,
+        alsa_device: str | None = None,
+        min_volume: int = 0,
+        max_volume: int = 100,
+        initial_volume: int = 50,
+        poll_interval: float = 1.0,
+        clock: Clock | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(
+            bus, min_volume=min_volume, max_volume=max_volume, initial_volume=initial_volume
+        )
+        # Imported here rather than at module scope: python-vlc loads libvlc eagerly,
+        # and the simulator must run on machines without it.
+        import vlc
+
+        self._vlc = vlc
+        self._poll_interval = poll_interval
+        self._clock = clock or RealClock()
+
+        args = ["-A", "alsa", "--alsa-audio-device", alsa_device] if alsa_device else []
+        self._instance = vlc.Instance(*args)
+        self._list_player = self._instance.media_list_player_new()
+        self._media_player = self._list_player.get_media_player()
+        self._mrl_to_index: dict[str, int] = {}
+
+        self._attach_events()
+        self._media_player.audio_set_volume(self._volume)
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------- state
+
+    @property
+    def position(self) -> float:
+        # libVLC reports -1 for both of these until a media is actually opened.
+        return max(0.0, float(self._media_player.get_time()) / 1000)
+
+    @property
+    def duration(self) -> float:
+        return max(0.0, float(self._media_player.get_length()) / 1000)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------ actions
+
+    def set_playlist(self, playlist: Playlist) -> None:
+        media_list = self._vlc.MediaList()
+        self._mrl_to_index.clear()
+        for index, track in enumerate(playlist.tracks):
+            media = self._instance.media_new(str(track.path))
+            media_list.add_media(media)
+            self._mrl_to_index[media.get_mrl()] = index
+
+        self._list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
+        self._list_player.set_playback_mode(self._vlc.PlaybackMode.default)
+        self._load_playlist(playlist)
+        _log.info("Playlist %r loaded (%d tracks)", playlist.name, len(playlist))
+
+    def play(self) -> None:
+        if self._playing:
+            return
+        self._list_player.play()
+
+    def play_from_start(self) -> None:
+        self.play_track(0)
+
+    def play_track(self, index: int) -> None:
+        if self._playlist is None or not self._playlist:
+            _log.warning("Nothing to play: the playlist is empty")
+            return
+        self._list_player.play_item_at_index(max(0, min(index, len(self._playlist) - 1)))
+
+    def pause(self) -> None:
+        if not self._playing:
+            return
+        self._media_player.set_pause(1)
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self._list_player.stop()
+
+    def next_track(self) -> None:
+        self._list_player.next()
+
+    def previous_track(self) -> None:
+        self._list_player.previous()
+
+    def seek(self, position: float) -> None:
+        self._media_player.set_time(int(max(0.0, position) * 1000))
+
+    def _apply_volume(self, volume: int) -> None:
+        self._media_player.audio_set_volume(volume)
+
+    async def run(self) -> None:
+        """Poll for state libVLC does not reliably report by event."""
+        while True:
+            await self._clock.sleep(self._poll_interval)
+            try:
+                self._poll()
+            except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - defensive around a C library
+                _log.exception("VLC poll failed")
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self._list_player.stop()
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- internals
+
+    def _poll(self) -> None:
+        volume = self._media_player.audio_get_volume()
+        if volume >= 0 and volume != self._volume:
+            self._volume = volume
+            self._announce_volume()
+        self._set_playing(bool(self._list_player.is_playing()))
+        self._sync_index()
+
+    def _sync_index(self) -> None:
+        """Read which track is playing back off libVLC.
+
+        Asking the media player which media it holds works on every build; the
+        ``MediaListPlayerNextItemSet`` payload does not - on some it arrives as a bare
+        int rather than a Media, and the index would then never move off zero.
+        """
+        media = self._media_player.get_media()
+        if media is None:
+            return
+        index = self._mrl_to_index.get(media.get_mrl())
+        if index is not None:
+            self._set_index(index)
+
+    def _attach_events(self) -> None:
+        vlc = self._vlc
+        player_events = self._media_player.event_manager()
+        player_events.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPlaying, self._on_playing)
+        player_events.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerPaused, self._on_stopped)
+        player_events.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaPlayerStopped, self._on_stopped)
+
+        list_events = self._list_player.event_manager()
+        list_events.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerPlayed, self._on_playlist_end)
+        list_events.event_attach(vlc.EventType.MediaListPlayerNextItemSet, self._on_next_item)
+
+    # These four run on a libVLC thread. bus.emit() is the thread hop; nothing else
+    # here may touch the loop.
+
+    def _on_playing(self, _event: Any) -> None:
+        self._set_playing(True)
+
+    def _on_stopped(self, _event: Any) -> None:
+        self._set_playing(False)
+
+    def _on_playlist_end(self, _event: Any) -> None:
+        self._set_playing(False)
+        self._announce_playlist_finished()
+
+    def _on_next_item(self, _event: Any) -> None:
+        # The event says *when* to look; what it carries is not portable, so ignore it.
+        self._sync_index()

python-backend/musicmouse/devices/serial_link.py

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+"""Serial transport with reconnect.
+
+The old ``host_driver.py`` stopped the event loop when the USB cable was pulled and
+relied on systemd to restart the whole process. Here a dropped link is just a
+reconnect loop, and the device re-applies its LED state when it comes back.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+import serial_asyncio
+
+from musicmouse.clock import Clock, RealClock
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ["SerialLink"]
+
+_READ_CHUNK = 1024
+
+
+class SerialLink:
+    """Owns the serial port and keeps trying to hold it open."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        port: str,
+        baudrate: int = 115200,
+        *,
+        reconnect_interval: float = 5.0,
+        clock: Clock | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.port = port
+        self.baudrate = baudrate
+        self._reconnect_interval = reconnect_interval
+        self._clock = clock or RealClock()
+        self._writer: asyncio.StreamWriter | None = None
+
+        self._on_data: Callable[[bytes], None] = lambda _data: None
+        self._on_connect: Callable[[], None] | None = None
+        self._on_disconnect: Callable[[str], None] | None = None
+
+    def attach(
+        self,
+        on_data: Callable[[bytes], None],
+        *,
+        on_connect: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
+        on_disconnect: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Wire up the device. Separate from ``__init__`` because the device needs the
+        link as its transport, so one of the two has to be built first."""
+        self._on_data = on_data
+        self._on_connect = on_connect
+        self._on_disconnect = on_disconnect
+
+    @property
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return self._writer is not None
+
+    def write(self, data: bytes) -> None:
+        writer = self._writer
+        if writer is None:
+            _log.debug("Dropping %d bytes: %s is not connected", len(data), self.port)
+            return
+        try:
+            writer.write(data)
+        except OSError as exc:  # pragma: no cover - needs a real port dying mid-write
+            _log.warning("Write to %s failed: %s", self.port, exc)
+
+    async def run(self) -> None:
+        """Connect, read until the link drops, wait, repeat. Runs until cancelled."""
+        while True:
+            reader = await self._connect()
+            if reader is None:
+                await self._clock.sleep(self._reconnect_interval)
+                continue
+
+            reason = await self._pump(reader)
+
+            self._writer = None
+            _log.warning("Lost connection to %s: %s", self.port, reason)
+            if self._on_disconnect is not None:
+                self._on_disconnect(reason)
+            await self._clock.sleep(self._reconnect_interval)
+
+    async def _connect(self) -> asyncio.StreamReader | None:
+        reader: asyncio.StreamReader
+        writer: asyncio.StreamWriter
+        try:
+            reader, writer = await serial_asyncio.open_serial_connection(
+                url=self.port, baudrate=self.baudrate
+            )
+        except (OSError, ValueError) as exc:
+            _log.warning(
+                "Cannot open %s (%s); retrying in %gs",
+                self.port,
+                exc,
+                self._reconnect_interval,
+            )
+            return None
+
+        self._writer = writer
+        _log.info("Connected to firmware on %s at %d baud", self.port, self.baudrate)
+        if self._on_connect is not None:
+            self._on_connect()
+        return reader
+
+    async def _pump(self, reader: asyncio.StreamReader) -> str:
+        try:
+            while True:
+                data = await reader.read(_READ_CHUNK)
+                if not data:
+                    return "port closed"
+                self._on_data(data)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            self._writer = None
+            raise
+        except (OSError, asyncio.IncompleteReadError) as exc:
+            return str(exc)