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# echo out > gpio408/direction | # echo out > gpio408/direction | ||
− | Connect a led diode in series with a suitable resistor between pin 13 of U14 and +3.3V (pin 5 of U13). The led anode must be towards +3.3v. | + | Connect a led diode in series with a suitable resistor(*) between pin 13 of U14 and +3.3V (pin 5 of U13). The led anode must be towards +3.3v. |
+ | (*) In my tests I use 1Kohm resistors. The led is not very bright at 3.3V but it is safe to use the same "tool" at 5V too. | ||
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(pin 13 of U14) ---/\/\/\/\-----|>|----- (pin 5 of U13) | (pin 13 of U14) ---/\/\/\/\-----|>|----- (pin 5 of U13) |
Versione delle 13:09, 10 ott 2015
This tutorial shows how to read the value of a button or turn a led on and off.
Chip9$ has a PCF8574A i2c port expander. It drives the ports named XIO-P0 to XIO-P7 (pin 13 to 20 on U14).
It is possible to use these ports from the shell command line.
# cd /sys/class/gpio/ # ls export gpiochip0 gpiochip408 unexport
gpiochip408 is the PCF8574A expander. port numbered in the range 0-407 are GPIO of the AllWinner A13 SoC. Read carefully the manual and Chip schematics prior to use them.
The ports provided by the expander are the following:
port export# pin XIO-P0 408 13 XIO-P1 409 14 XIO-P2 410 15 XIO-P3 411 16 XIO-P4 412 17 XIO-P5 413 18 XIO-P6 414 19 XIO-P7 415 20
First experiment: read a gpio input (e.g. a button)
Activate the XIO-P0 port:
# echo 408 > export
This generates a virtual dir gopio408:
# ls export gpio408 gpiochip0 gpiochip408 unexport # ls gpio408 active_low direction power uevent device edge subsystem value
There is a pullup to the input:
# cat gpio408/value 1
Now, use a 10Kohm resistor to connect the pin 13 of U14 to ground (for example pin 1 of U14) (it works using a jumper, too. The resistor is for safety. It is more unlikely to damage the Chip toy.)
# cat gpio408/value 0
As you may guess, without the resistor or jumper the value returns 1. In this way it is possible to read input from buttons. Remember to deactivate the port:
# echo 408 > unexport
Second experiment: write a gpio output (e.g. turn on/off a led diode)
Now let us use the same gpio for output. We can activate the port as before:
# echo 408 > export
remove the jumper of the previous experiment! and define the port as output:
# echo out > gpio408/direction
Connect a led diode in series with a suitable resistor(*) between pin 13 of U14 and +3.3V (pin 5 of U13). The led anode must be towards +3.3v. (*) In my tests I use 1Kohm resistors. The led is not very bright at 3.3V but it is safe to use the same "tool" at 5V too.
(pin 13 of U14) ---/\/\/\/\-----|>|----- (pin 5 of U13)
If everything is okay the led should be on.
Now write 1 to the value:
# echo 1 > gpio408/value
And the led will turn off. Obviously, to turn the led back on:
# echo 0 > gpio408/value
The values are reversed because the expander ports are like open collector connections.
At the end remember to deactivate the port:
# echo in > gpio408/direction # echo 408 > unexport