Java ME embedded has no effect on the raspberry pi's gpio

Question

I recently tried following the instructions listed here: http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/java/RaspberryPi_GPIO/RaspberryPi_GPIO.html#section1

I was able to do the extremely simple stuff like output hello to my PI. However, I could not get changes written to the GPIO pins to take effect, using either the method described in the default code, or creating a DeviceConfig.

I used the WiringPi utility to test if maybe my wiring was bad, but I was able to blink the LED from WiringPi. Something interesting, is that using gpio readall shown the changes that the imlet wrote to the pin (setting 1 to turn on an LED), but there was not actual change on the LED. This worked the same for trying to turn and LED on and off.

I have the permissions configured correctly (I think...).Is there anyone who has got this working, that could perhaps send me their project?

Answer 1

If you update Raspbian to the latest version, then the regular Java 8 SE will be installed. No need anymore to fiddle with Java ME.

With Java 8, and the Pi4J library (http://pi4j.com) it is simple to do GPIO. A very simple example is here:

/*
 * Simple LED Flashing
 */

import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioController;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioFactory;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioPinDigitalInput;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioPinDigitalOutput;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.PinPullResistance;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.PinState;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.RaspiPin;

public class Polizeilicht {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

        System.out.println("<--Pi4J--> Polizeilicht");

        // GPIO Controller
        final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance();

        // PIN 1 is red, Pin 2 blue, both initially off
        final GpioPinDigitalOutput pinRed = gpio.provisionDigitalOutputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_01, "Red", PinState.LOW);
        final GpioPinDigitalOutput pinBlue = gpio.provisionDigitalOutputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_02, "Blue", PinState.LOW);

        // Button to stop, wired to ground, so we need pull-up
        final GpioPinDigitalInput myButton = gpio.provisionDigitalInputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_03, PinPullResistance.PULL_UP);

        do {
            // flicker blue
            pinBlue.high();
            Thread.sleep(50);
            pinBlue.low();
            Thread.sleep(50);
            pinBlue.high();
            Thread.sleep(50);;
            pinBlue.low();
            Thread.sleep(100);
            // flicker red
            pinRed.high();
            Thread.sleep(50);
            pinRed.low();
            Thread.sleep(50);
            pinRed.high();
            Thread.sleep(50);;
            pinRed.low();
            Thread.sleep(100);
        } while (myButton.isHigh());
        gpio.shutdown();
    }
}

If it's wired up correctly, you will see this: http://youtu.be/kC99wIjlY3I