RPi.GPIO 0.4.0a

A module to control Raspberry Pi GPIO channels

This package provides a class to control the GPIO on a Raspberry Pi.

Note that this module is unsuitable for real-time or timing critical applications. This is because you can not predict when Python will be busy garbage collecting. It also runs under the Linux kernel which is not suitable for real time applications - it is multitasking O/S and another process may be given priority over the CPU, causing jitter in your program. If you are after true real-time performance and predictability, buy yourself an Arduino http://www.arduino.cc !

Note that the current release does not support SPI, I2C, PWM or serial functionality on the RPi yet. This is planned for the near future - watch this space! One-wire functionality is also planned.

Example Usage :

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

# to use Raspberry Pi board pin numbers
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)

# set up GPIO output channel
GPIO.setup(12, GPIO.OUT)

# set RPi board pin 12 high
GPIO.output(12, GPIO.HIGH)

# set up GPIO input with pull-up control
#   (pull_up_down be PUD_OFF, PUD_UP or PUD_DOWN, default PUD_OFF)
GPIO.setup(11, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP)

# input from RPi board pin 11
input_value = GPIO.input(11)

# set up rising edge detection (EXPERIMENTAL)
set_rising_event(11)

# check for an event (EXPERIMENTAL)
if GPIO.event_detected(11):
    print('Rising edge detected!')

# set up falling edge detection (EXPERIMENTAL)
GPIO.set_rising_event(11, enable=False)  # disable rising edge detection (as set above)
GPIO.set_falling_event(11)

# set up high detection (EXPERIMENTAL)
GPIO.set_falling_event(11, enable=False)  # disable falling edge detection (as set above)
GPIO.set_high_event(11)

# set up low detection (EXPERIMENTAL)
GPIO.set_high_event(11, enable=False)  # disable high detection (as set above)
GPIO.set_low_event(11)

# to change to BCM GPIO numbering
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

# to reset every channel that has been set up by this program to INPUT with no pullup/pulldown and no event detection.
GPIO.cleanup()

Change Log

0.4.0a

• Added support for Revision 2 boards

• Added RPI_REVISION

• Added cleanup() function and removed automatic reset functionality on program exit

• Added get_function() to read existing GPIO channel functionality (suggestion from Eric Ptak <[e-mail]>)

• Added set_rising_event()

• Added set_falling_event()

• Added set_high_event()

• Added set_low_event()

• Added event_detected()

• Added test/test.py

• Converted debian to armhf

• Fixed C function short_wait() (thanks to Thibault Porteboeuf <[e-mail]>)

0.3.1a

• Fixed critical bug with swapped high/low state on outputs

• Added pull-up / pull-down setup functionality for inputs

0.3.0a

• Rewritten as a C extension

• Now uses /dev/mem and SoC registers instead of /sys/class/gpio

• Faster!

• Make call to GPIO.setmode() mandatory

• Added GPIO.HIGH and GPIO.LOW constants

0.2.0

• Changed status from alpha to beta

• Added setmode() to be able to use BCM GPIO 00.nn channel numbers

• Renamed InvalidPinException to InvalidChannelException

0.1.0

• Fixed direction bug

• Added MANIFEST.in (to include missing file)

• Changed GPIO channel number to pin number

• Tested and working!

0.0.3a

• Added GPIO table

• Refactored

• Fixed a few critical bugs

• Still completely untested!

0.0.2a

• Internal refactoring. Still completely untested!

0.0.1a

• First version. Completely untested until I can get hold of a Raspberry Pi!