Raspi GPIO

Raspi GPIO is part of the Raspi.js suite of libraries that provides access to the hardware GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi.

If you have a bug report, feature request, or wish to contribute code, please be sure to check out the Raspi IO Contributing Guide.

System Requirements

• Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 1 or newer (sorry Model A users)
• Raspbian Jessie or newer
  • Node-RED works, but can be finicky and difficult to debug.
  • See https://github.com/nebrius/raspi-io/issues/24 for more info about support for other OSes
• Node 6.4.0 or newer

Detailed instructions for getting a Raspberry Pi ready for NodeBots, including how to install Node.js, can be found in the wiki

Installation

First, be sure that you have installed Raspi.js.

Install with npm:

npm install raspi-gpio

Note: this project is written in TypeScript and includes type definitions in the package.json file. This means that if you want to use it from TypeScript, you don't need to install a separate @types module.

Example Usage

In TypeScript/ES6:

import { init } from 'raspi';
import { DigitalInput, DigitalOutput, PULL_UP } from 'raspi-gpio';

init(() => {
  const input = new DigitalInput({
    pin: 'P1-3',
    pullResistor: PULL_UP
  });

  const output = new DigitalOutput('P1-5');

  output.write(input.read());
});

In JavaScript:

const raspi = require('raspi');
const gpio = require('raspi-gpio');

raspi.init(() => {
  const input = new gpio.DigitalInput({
    pin: 'P1-3',
    pullResistor: gpio.PULL_UP
  });

  const output = new gpio.DigitalOutput('P1-5');

  output.write(input.read());
});

Pin Naming

The pins on the Raspberry Pi are a little complicated. There are multiple headers on some Raspberry Pis with extra pins, and the pin numbers are not consistent between Raspberry Pi board versions.

To help make it easier, you can specify pins in three ways. The first is to specify the pin by function, e.g. 'GPIO18'. The second way is to specify by pin number, which is specified in the form "P[header]-[pin]", e.g. 'P1-7'. The final way is specify the Wiring Pi virtual pin number, e.g. 7. If you specify a number instead of a string, it is assumed to be a Wiring Pi number.

Be sure to read the full list of pins on the supported models of the Raspberry Pi.

API

Module Constants

new DigitalInput(config)

Instantiates a new GPIO input instance.

Arguments:

DigitalInput Instance Properties

value (read-only)

The current value on the pin.

Type: LOW | HIGH

DigitalInput Instance Methods

read()

Reads the current value on the pin.

Arguments: None

Returns: LOW or HIGH

DigitalInput Instance Events

on('change', function(value))

Fired whenever the value of the GPIO pin changes.

Callback Arguments:

new DigitalOutput(config)

Instantiates a new GPIO output instance.

Arguments:

DigitalOutput Instance Properties

value (read-only)

The current value on the pin, equal to the previous written value.

Type: LOW | HIGH

DigitalOutput Instance Methods

write(value)

Writes the given value to the pin.

Arguments:

Returns: None

DigitalOutput Instance Events

on('change', function(value))

Fired whenever the value of the GPIO pin changes.

Callback Arguments:

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2017 Bryan Hughes [email protected]

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