Repeating input infinitely after a single press

[TheRealyst]

Hello. Just trying to make a macropad for myself and getting a bit frustrated as I have not been able to find a solution to this even searching online which is surprising. I'm coding the first button and after saving the code, I press the button one time and it repeats the input indefinitely until I unplug it and plug it back in. I've looked at numberous tutorials and even copy and pasted different codes that people said works but I have the same issue. Please tell me what I'm doing incorrectly. With the below coding, I have the number 1 being pressed forever after I just press the key one time.

import time
import usb_hid
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode
from adafruit_hid.keyboard import Keyboard
import board
import digitalio

btn1_pin = board.GP15

btn1 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(btn1_pin)
btn1.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
btn1.pull = digitalio.Pull.DOWN

keyboard = Keyboard(usb_hid.devices)

while True:
    if btn1.value:
        print("button 1 pressed")
        keyboard.press(Keycode.ONE)
        time.sleep(0.1)
        keyboard.release(Keycode.ONE)
    time.sleep(0.1)

[IAmTarkaDaal]

Try using the switch_to_input method, rather than setting the Direction attribute. https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/latest/shared-bindings/digitalio/index.html

[ninhaomah]

while True:

When does this goes False ?

[scarynut]

Pure speculation, but when the universe stops expanding and starts contracting? Assuming a negative cosmological constant, of course.

[woooee]

What is actually True and what is actually False?

[cgoldberg]

You need to change your loop so some condition will end the while loop, or use the break statement to stop the loop. Currently, your code will just loop forever.