What is remote GPIO?

What is remote GPIO?

One of the pin libraries supported, pigpio, provides the ability to control GPIO pins remotely over the network, which means you can use GPIO Zero to control devices connected to a Raspberry Pi on the network. You can do this from another Raspberry Pi, or even from a PC.

How do I install RPi GPIO for Python 3 on Windows?

Method 2 – Manual Installation

1. Step 1 – Download the library. wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/R/RPi.GPIO/RPi.GPIO-0.5.11.tar.gz.
2. Step 2 – Extract the archive to a new folder.
3. Step 3 – Browse to the new directory.
4. Step 4 – Install the library.
5. Step 5 – Remove the directory and archive file.

How do I enable GPIO pins?

How to Control GPIO Pins on Your Raspberry Pi

1. Import the module to talk to the pins.
2. Set up how you want to refer to the pins.
3. Initialize the GPIO pins you want to use.
4. Read or write to the pins.

How to enable remote GPIO on a Raspberry Pi?

Enable Remote GPIO on the Pi in the Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool. Run the pigpio daemon on the Pi: Now use GPIO Zero like normal, and the devices will be controlled by GPIO pins on the remote Pi: Alternatively, use pin objects as described in the pins documentation.

Can you run GPIO zero on a Raspberry Pi?

As well as running it on a Raspberry Pi, you can also install GPIO Zero on a PC and create objects referencing GPIO pins on a Pi over the network. To do this, you’ll need to do a few things to get set up: Enable Remote GPIO on the Pi in the Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool.

How to configure gpiozero objects to use remote pins?

An alternative (or additional) method of configuring gpiozero objects to use remote pins is to create instances of PiGPIOFactory objects, and use them when instantiating device objects. For example, with no environment variables set:

How to run a remote script on a Raspberry Pi?

To run the above script (unchanged) on a remote Pi, the Pi needs to be configured to accept remote connections. This can be done using the Raspberry Pi configuration tool (via GUI or sudo raspi-config), by enabling Remote GPIO under Interfaces.