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Accessing hardware on the Edison?

Workshopshed over 7 years ago

I'm wondering about accessing the GPIO of the Edison in high-level languages such as Python or Node.

So far I've found MRAA but wondered if there are other options?

https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa

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jasonwier92 over 7 years ago +3

MRAA should be the way to go. Looks like they have Python interface. Check out this link: Getting Started With Intel Edison - Python Programming - All I cannot wait to play with Python and Node on the…
Former Member over 7 years ago +2

If you can access the gpio through the standard linux filesystem method it should be possible to write out the bash commands in Python using os.popen e.g. import os p = os.popen("echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio…
mcb1 over 7 years ago in reply to konstantinoskonstas +2

I'm learning as I go. I've always said I'm more a hardware guy that pokes and prods at software. I was hoping to get a head start on you guys/gals ...

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Workshopshed over 7 years ago

I just spotted UPM, runs on top of MRAA and provides a further abstraction so you can programme with LEDs and Light Sensors rather than working at the Pin level

https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/upm
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konstantinoskonstas over 7 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

Workshopshedmcb1
You are touching upon some very interesting topics.
Thanks a lot.
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mcb1 over 7 years ago in reply to konstantinoskonstas

I'm learning as I go.

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mcb1 over 7 years ago in reply to konstantinoskonstas

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