Questions tagged [rpi.gpio]
rpi.gpio refers to the package name of a Python module for accessing the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins. The module allows GPIO pins to be initialised, turned on, and turned off. It uses a functional programming style.
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Help needed with GPIO and a remote controlled gate relay switch
I am very confused and hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
What I would like to achieve is converting an external relay switch (from a normal everyday gate receiver) into a signal ...
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How can i Get 5 Volt output with GPIO
I am using Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and I want to run a 5 volt DC motor with RPi.GPIO, I have written a code:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from pip._vendor.distlib.compat import raw_input
u = raw_input('how ...
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Multiple GPIO.add_event_detect callbacks results in incorrect expected output
I am currently working with a differential drive robot which has two wheel encoders connected to GPIO Pins 5 and 23. I managed to obtain velocity information based on the pulse time information ...
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Frequencies available for wavechaining using PIGPIO library
I am working with the PIGPIO library to run stepper motors. I am using wavechains to the STEP pin of the driver.
I need help regarding the possible pulse frequencies available for wavechaining. I ...
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Wiring on RPI3 when connecting two peripherals - microcontrollers simultaneously
I am currently having an ADC(MCP3008) connected to a rpi3, using the following wiring map, in order to read data from analog sensors.
MCP3008 -> RPI3
VDD -> 3.3V
VREF -> 3.3V
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I need help coding a toggle button for led? [duplicate]
I have hooked up my circuit and it works as a hold button to turn light on. Then when I let go of button light turns off but I have found no way to make a toggle button for led. If somebody were so ...
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Raspberry pi 3 - GPIO output stays at 1.8V
I've set-up a GPIO port to output. With an external multi-meter, I've noticed that the potential stays at 1.8V in respect to the ground.
I've checked in respect with the same ground, and the 3V3 and ...
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How can I make my LED flashing while executing the rest of the code?
How can I make my LED flashing while executing the rest of the code?
I want to make some LEDs flash while my program executes the rest of the code.
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Simple intercom with rPi
I saw someone had a question a couple of years ago about connecting his intercom (which used a phone line) to a rPi and none of the answers were realistic. I also would like to do some simple project ...
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Servo motors not working as expected with Raspberry pi 3
I am developing a robot with raspberry pi model b along with three servo motors. I have two functions which are defined for obtain robot behaviours. In the first function my servos are working well. ...
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Relay board failing when connected to RPi3 5V pins
I'm using my pi to power several relays. A total of ~20 relays (a 8-relay board and three 4-relay boards)
I'm also running home-assistant
Yesterday i noticed that when i try to power them all up, ...
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same GPIO input signal on multiple raspberri's from one source
Im having 7 raspberri pi's 3 connected to 7 screens, running an python 2.7 app to download different images from google drive, every raspberry has different images. Geeqie is displaying those images ...
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Make Raspberry Pi to work as AP and Station to receive wireless temperature sensor values
Hi after reading the manual of Xbee device, I am able to use XBee device with raspberry pi.
But how to make raspberry pi to work as an access point as well as the station at the same time?
using ...
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gpiozero Button.when_pressed
I'm learning python and gpio using the examples here:
https://gpiozero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/recipes.html
I wanted to extend the code to more than one button and pass a parameter to a function (...
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Controlling Raspberry pi3 Wirelessly with HTML (Lighttpd)
I've been working on a Obstacle avoidance robot using Ultrasonic and IR sensors.
The scope of my project is to execute my program over the air.
Control the robot's movement using mouse or touch ...
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Program not able to open file at start up but when running from command line, runs as expected
using a library from https://github.com/BLavery/LIBtft144
this line of code doesn't seem to run when I run the program from a systemd. I also tried calling it from a crontab call of my .py program.
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Python script wait for button press before starting/stopping a separate python script
I've written a python script (shown below) which starts and stops another separate python script (datalogger) once a button is pressed. The datalogger script records logic levels (0 or 1) and stores ...
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How can I attach a BTS7960 43A motor controller circuit and control it from a keyboard wirelessly through the Raspberry pi [closed]
I need to attach a BTS7960 43A motor control circuit to the Raspberry Pi. Could anyone please tell me the connections and provide me with a link to a python code to drive motors forward and reverse ...
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Python script (datalogger) produces different data when run from a separate script (button) to when it is run as itself [duplicate]
I've created a datalogger script that continuously records every rise and fall in a square wave signal (connected to pin 26 on a Pi 3B+) to a CSV file. The data recorded in the CSV is either a 0 or 1, ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 GPIO pins always active
Wiring setup for Rpi:
I have an rpi 3, and I've recently started experimenting with the GPIO side of things. I'm new to electronics in general, although I do computer programming regularly.
I have a ...
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How to add a fan if no gpio pins available
new to all this but great fun.
I have a raspberry pi3 and i did have a fan connected to it.
I just added a power supply battery.
i also added a IR remote and power button which sits onto of the gpio ...
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How to start and stop python script using button
I've written some python code that should start and stop another python script (Datalogger) when a button is pressed. So when the Pi is booted up I'm wanting the button script to run and then once I ...
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How do I pause a python program and then wait if no signal is received to a GPIO pin?
I'm developing a datalogger using a Raspberry Pi 3B+. I have 2 separate square wave signals connected to two separate GPIO pins and some code to record and store the date and time of each transition ...
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Restore UART pins 8 & 10 after GPIO.cleanup() without reboot
A Raspberry Pi 3B+ is talking to an STM32 chip via UART over pins 8 (TXD) & 10 (RXD). When I take control of those pins using GPIO.setup(8, GPIO.OUTPUT); GPIO.output(8, GPIO.LOW); and later ...
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How to stop python script that was started with crontab reboot
I have a python script that continuously saves data to a CSV file and is started as soon as the Pi starts up using crontab reboot. Does anyone know how I stop the script from within the Raspberry Pi ...
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How do I stop CSV file being overwritten when rebooting Raspberry Pi 3B+
I have some code (shown below) which turns the Raspberry Pi into a datalogger. I use GPIO.add_event_detect to detect the date and time that a square wave signal changes state. This data is then saved ...
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RuntimeError: Failed to add edge detection. GPIO.BOTH Raspberry Pi datalogger
I am coding a datalogger using a Raspberry Pi and am starting to test my code but now keep getting an error saying 'RuntimeError: Failed to add edge detection'. Here is my code:
import RPi.GPIO as ...
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Datalogging square wave signal using GPIO.BOTH
I'm currently making a datalogger using a Raspberry Pi which will record the real time and date of each falling and rising edge (GPIO BOTH) of a square wave signal (going through one input port). The ...
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Modifying input of HID via GPIO of PI (unless there is a better way?)
Basically I want to control the input of a USB HID via one or more other HIDs.
I know there are commercial options available to do this however they are closed source and expensive. I'd like to get ...
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How can I control a 12V solenoid door lock - Pi Zero
I have a solenoid door lock that requires 3 different voltages to operate
- Unlocked Idle: Requires low voltage (6V) that'll hold the solenoid seated
- Locked: No power (0V)
- Unlock: 50-100ms ...
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UART RX stops reading data after working correctly
I'm trying to read an continuous stream of data from my device (laser altimeter). The device is connected to the UART Rx pin of raspberry Pi 3B+.
Everything works fine with this python code:
import ...
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Digital weight scale callibration
I have built a digital scale, similar to the one explained here, using four 50Kg load cells forming the Wheatstone bridge. The following two steps give experiments give me different output which I do ...
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GPIO.input(24) is coming back True when it shouldn't be (false button presses)
I have a button in a working circuit. Within sys/class/gpio/gpio24, value changes properly (it becomes 1 when pressed down, 0 otherwise).
When I use GPIO.setup(24, GPIO.IN) within python, GPIO.input(...
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Why Raspbian jessie version 8 won't allow communication through GPIO serial pins?
I am running Raspbian Jessie 8 on Raspberry 3 and I followed the answer to the question Why my program won't communicate through ttyAMA0 on Raspbian(jessie)? But I still can't get my program to ...
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LED not blinking
Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless
I have a Pi Zero connected to a breadboard using the GPIO Extension Board and ribbon cable.
I have followed several of the basic blinking LED tutorials.
One jump cable is ...
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RPi.GPIO - Properly Wiring and Setting Up Pins for Button Inputs
Edit: Breadboard, schematic, and code updated.
I accidentally fried my Pi by shorting it out through the GPIO pins, so I figured it would be a good idea to ask for some help before trying my current ...
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python basic problem in developing raspberry pi 3 GPIO skill
this is a part of a code for picroft skill:
def handle_command_intent(self, message):
if message.data["command"].upper() == "BLINK":
self.speak_dialog("ledblink")
the "data" and "...
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Writing to GPS HAT on Raspberry Pi Zero W Never Returns Anything
I have attached a GPS HAT to a Raspberry Pi Zero W running RASPBIAN STRETCH WITH DESKTOP. When I SSH in to run a simple Python script that writes to the HAT serial port, nothing happens and I am not ...
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Problem counting pulses
I want to count pulses and find the frequency. Here is the picture of pulses from the oscilloscope:
Obviously, frequency is around 1/2.3 ms = 420 Hz.
First I tried this program:
import RPi.GPIO as ...
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Raspberry Pi Detects I2C Device Sometimes
I have my MPU-92/65 connected to my Raspberry Pi and it's sometimes detected but not always.
$ i2cdetect -y 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -...
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Controlling electromagnets in clock display
I have an electromechanical 7-segment clock display with each segment controlled by an electromagnet. A segment is 'on' depending on the polarity of the last pulse to its electromagnet.
Can anyone ...
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Use Raspberry Pi GPIO to sync multiple video players. Possible?
Is it possible to use GPIO to sync multiple RasPi video players?
As shown in the picture below, I need to sync 16 RasPi video players. The master RasPi will trigger the video players (start, stop, ...
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How to create installer files in Raspberry pi
I have created a program in Raspberry pi and I am running it using the command python myprogram.py . Is it possible to create the installer file of this program? that means after installing this ...
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How fast can GPIO pins toggle?
I'm currently using Python's RPi.GPIO module to toggle some pins, and I want to know how quickly it can do this. I need the pins to be toggled on the schedule of a ~50 mhz FPGA clock, which I'm ...
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ImportError: No module named 'RPi'
I am trying to make a humidity sensor using this code
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import dht11
import time
import datetime
# initialize GPIO
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.cleanup()...
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Read GPIO pin on web page
I was able to control an led from a web page using the following code. when I call http://myip/pinon.php it will light up the LED and http://myip/pinoff.php will turn off the LED.
pinon.php
<?php
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Short pulse detection about 35ms, is it possible
I got somewhat short pulse 35ms, I written script in python using RPi.GPIO, using event and callback. Is it possible to detect so short pulses? On related question how close to 3V3 I need to get? I ...
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Get measured value of gpio vibration sensor (SW420)
I've managed to connect 2 SW420 vibration sensors to my rpi3 and can identify a vibration event on callback.
However, I'd like to get the measured value (voltage change?) from the sensors, to see ...
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pigpio monitor GPIO not detecting change correctly
I am having trouble detecting a level change on pin 16 (or any other pin). My script is as follows:
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from time import sleep
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(16, GPIO.IN, ...
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Issue with FC-51 IR sensor
I am developing a robot with raspberry pi. To detect obstacles I am using FC-51 IR sensor. This is my current code.
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
ObstaclePin = 18
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