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Message started by Fernando on Aug 7th, 2017, 12:00pm

Title: Major Update in R-Pi GPIO & GPIO Programming
Post by Fernando on Aug 7th, 2017, 12:00pm
Interesting piece of work here. With this new Python Library, one can access all of the pins of the R-Pi GPIO as GPIO format and standard. There are also some added modules to add motors, LEDs, Servos, etc., to the GPIO without needing to set up the large code to initial them. But the question is, as I posted on their blog thread, are the Serial and IC2 ports on these can still be used as such or are they blocked out to be used as GPIO?

I also asked does this works on the older Model A/Bs? Though with the smaller GPIO, the Model A/Bs can have more GPIO with such programming. Furthermore the hidden GPIO (the 8 pins next to the main GPIO) has 6 extra GPIO if you add your own header to it.

Here's the link to the article: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gpio-zero-update/

Title: Re: Major Update in R-Pi GPIO & GPIO Programming
Post by Fernando on Aug 7th, 2017, 12:23pm
D'Oh! Its not mentioned in the article, but to perform the upgrade/update, you should have the original GPIO-Zero Python Library installed so they can be upgraded.

Here is the article for the article for installing the original GPIO-Zero Python Library: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/gpio-zero-a-friendly-python-api-for-physical-computing/

According to the article, this Library is already installed on the "New Jessie" (as of 11/15). But in case you use Wheezy or the older Jessie (Pre-11/15) you would need to install GPIO-Zero to the system. To install this, one has to simply update/upgrade. The commands for this are:

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Title: Re: Major Update in R-Pi GPIO & GPIO Programming
Post by Hondo I. Sackett on Aug 7th, 2017, 10:10pm
very cool. Like a good update!

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