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Playing with Electronics: RPi GPIO Zero Library Tutorial

It is simple to learn electronics with a RPi and its GPIO Zero Library.

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Playing with Electronics: RPi GPIO Zero Library Tutorial

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Schematics

Alarm

Stepper control

Code

Blink

Python
from gpiozero import LED
from time import sleep
led = LED(18)
while True:
    led.on()
    sleep(1)
    led.off()
    sleep(1)

Alternative Blink

Python
from gpiozero import LED
from signal import pause
red = LED(17)
red.blink()
pause()

Button

Python
from gpiozero import Button
button = Button(2)
while True: 
    if button.is_pressed: 
        print("Button is pressed") 
    else:
        print("Button is not pressed")

Button commanding a LED

Python
from gpiozero import LED, Button
from signal import pause
led = LED(18)
button = Button(2)
button.when_pressed = led.on
button.when_released = led.off
pause()

Alarm

Python
from gpiozero import MotionSensor, Buzzer, LED
import time
pir = MotionSensor(23)
bz = Buzzer(24)
led = LED(18)
print("Waiting for PIR to settle")
pir.wait_for_no_motion()
while True:
    led.off()
    print("Ready")
    pir.wait_for_motion()
    led.on()
    print("Motion detected!")
    bz.beep(0.5, 0.25, 8)
    time.sleep(3)

Stepper Motor Control

Python
import time
import sys
from gpiozero import OutputDevice as stepper
IN1 = stepper(12)
IN2 = stepper(16)
IN3 = stepper(20)
IN4 = stepper(21)
stepPins = [IN1,IN2,IN3,IN4] # Motor GPIO pins</p><p>
stepDir = -1        # Set to 1 for clockwise
                           # Set to -1 for anti-clockwise
mode = 1            # mode = 1: Low Speed ==> Higher Power
                           # mode = 0: High Speed ==> Lower Power
if mode:              # Low Speed ==> High Power
  seq = [[1,0,0,1], # Define step sequence as shown in manufacturers datasheet
             [1,0,0,0], 
             [1,1,0,0],
             [0,1,0,0],
             [0,1,1,0],
             [0,0,1,0],
             [0,0,1,1],
             [0,0,0,1]]
else:                    # High Speed ==> Low Power 
  seq = [[1,0,0,0], # Define step sequence as shown in manufacturers datasheet
             [0,1,0,0],
             [0,0,1,0],
             [0,0,0,1]]
stepCount = len(seq)
if len(sys.argv)>1: # Read wait time from command line
  waitTime = int(sys.argv[1])/float(1000)
else:
  waitTime = 0.004    # 2 miliseconds was the maximun speed got on my tests
stepCounter = 0

while True:                          # Start main loop
  for pin in range(0,4):
    xPin=stepPins[pin]          # Get GPIO
    if seq[stepCounter][pin]!=0:
      xPin.on()
    else:
      xPin.off()
  stepCounter += stepDir
  if (stepCounter >= stepCount):
    stepCounter = 0
  if (stepCounter < 0):
    stepCounter = stepCount+stepDir
  time.sleep(waitTime)     # Wait before moving on</p>

Credits

MJRoBot (Marcelo Rovai)

MJRoBot (Marcelo Rovai)

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Professor, Engineer, MBA, Master in Data Science. Writes about Electronics with a focus on Physical Computing, IoT, ML, TinyML and Robotics.

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