Simple GPIO Control using Pi4J

The following example demonstrates the simple control of a GPIO pin on the Raspberry Pi.

Source Code

The source code for this example is included in the github repository:
https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j/tree/master/pi4j-example/src/main/java/ControlGpioExample.java

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

/**
 * This example code demonstrates how to perform simple state
 * control of a GPIO pin on the Raspberry Pi.  
 * 
 * @author Robert Savage
 */
public class ControlGpioExample {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        
        System.out.println("<--Pi4J--> GPIO Control Example ... started.");
        
        // create gpio controller
        final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance();

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        // provision gpio pin #01 as an output pin and turn on
        final GpioPinDigitalOutput pin = gpio.provisionDigitalOutputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_01, "MyLED", PinState.HIGH);

        // set shutdown state for this pin
        pin.setShutdownOptions(true, PinState.LOW);

        System.out.println("--> GPIO state should be: ON");

        Thread.sleep(5000);
        
        // turn off gpio pin #01
        pin.low();
        System.out.println("--> GPIO state should be: OFF
");

        Thread.sleep(5000);

        // toggle the current state of gpio pin #01 (should turn on)
        pin.toggle();
        System.out.println("--> GPIO state should be: ON");

        Thread.sleep(5000);
        // toggle the current state of gpio pin #01  (should turn off)
        pin.toggle();
        System.out.println("--> GPIO state should be: OFF");
        
        Thread.sleep(5000);

        // turn on gpio pin #01 for 1 second and then off
        System.out.println("--> GPIO state should be: ON for only 1 second");
        pin.pulse(1000, true); // set second argument to 'true' use a blocking call
        
        // stop all GPIO activity/threads by shutting down the GPIO controller
        // (this method will forcefully shutdown all GPIO monitoring threads and scheduled tasks)
        gpio.shutdown();
    }
}

JavaDoc

The following JavaDoc links are the primary interfaces used to control the Pi's GPIO state:

Wiring Diagram

The following circuit can be used in conjunction with this sample code.

Read more: Simple GPIO Control using Pi4J


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