Manage the GPIO lines from command line with gpiod
gpiod is a set of tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device that uses
libgpiod library. Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated. User space should use the character
device instead. libgpiod encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a straightforward API.
If you are using Debian Buster 10 install gpiod by typing these commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gpiod
Six command-line tools are available:
* gpiodetect - list all gpiochips present on the system, their names, labels
and number of GPIO lines
* gpioinfo - list all lines of specified gpiochips, their names, consumers,
direction, active state and additional flags
* gpioget - read values of specified GPIO lines
* gpioset - set values of specified GPIO lines, potentially keep the lines
exported and wait until timeout, user input or signal
* gpiofind - find the gpiochip name and line offset given the line name
* gpiomon - wait for events on GPIO lines, specify which events to watch,
how many events to process before exiting or if the events
should be reported to the console
Detect the group of GPIO lines available
Roadrunner board
sudo gpiodetect
gpiochip0 [fc038000.pinctrl] (128 lines)
gpiochip1 [fc040000.secumod] (8 lines)
Acqua board
sudo gpiodetect
gpiochip0 [fffff200.gpio] (32 lines)
gpiochip1 [fffff400.gpio] (32 lines)
gpiochip2 [fffff600.gpio] (32 lines)
gpiochip3 [fffff800.gpio] (32 lines)
gpiochip4 [fffffa00.gpio] (32 lines)
Read the state of each GPIO line
Roadrunner board
sudo gpioinfo fc038000.pinctrl
gpiochip0 - 128 lines:
line 0: "PA0" unused input active-high
line 1: "PA1" unused input active-high
line 2: "PA2" unused input active-high
line 3: "PA3" unused input active-high
line 4: "PA4" unused input active-high
...
line 123: "PD27" unused input active-high
line 124: "PD28" unused input active-high
line 125: "PD29" unused input active-high
line 126: "PD30" unused input active-high
line 127: "PD31" unused input active-high
sudo gpioinfo fc040000.secumod
gpiochip1 - 8 lines:
line 0: unnamed unused output active-high
line 1: unnamed unused input active-high
line 2: unnamed unused input active-high
line 3: unnamed unused input active-high
line 4: unnamed unused input active-high
line 5: unnamed unused input active-high
line 6: unnamed unused input active-high
line 7: unnamed unused input active-high
Acqua board
sudo gpioinfo fffff200.gpio
gpiochip0 - 32 lines:
line 0: "pioA0" unused input active-high
line 1: "pioA1" unused input active-high
line 2: "pioA2" unused input active-high
line 3: "pioA3" unused input active-high
line 4: "pioA4" unused input active-high
line 5: "pioA5" unused input active-high
line 6: "pioA6" unused input active-high
line 7: "pioA7" unused input active-high
line 8: "pioA8" unused input active-high
line 9: "pioA9" unused input active-high
line 10: "pioA10" unused input active-high
line 11: "pioA11" unused input active-high
line 12: "pioA12" unused input active-high
line 13: "pioA13" unused input active-high
line 14: "pioA14" unused input active-high
line 15: "pioA15" unused input active-high
line 16: "pioA16" unused input active-high
line 17: "pioA17" unused input active-high
line 18: "pioA18" unused input active-high
line 19: "pioA19" unused input active-high
line 20: "pioA20" unused input active-high
line 21: "pioA21" unused input active-high
line 22: "pioA22" unused input active-high
line 23: "pioA23" unused input active-high
line 24: "pioA24" unused input active-high
line 25: "pioA25" unused input active-high
line 26: "pioA26" unused input active-high
line 27: "pioA27" unused input active-high
line 28: "pioA28" unused input active-high
line 29: "pioA29" unused input active-high
line 30: "pioA30" unused input active-high
line 31: "pioA31" unused input active-high
Read the value of a single GPIO line.
Roadrunner board
sudo gpiofind "PA24"
gpiochip0 24
sudo gpioget gpiochip0 24
1
wire PA24 to GND and try again:
sudo gpioget gpiochip0 24
0
Acqua board
sudo gpiofind "pioA0"
gpiochip0 0
sudo gpioget gpiochip0 0
1
wire PA24 to GND and try again:
sudo gpioget gpiochip0 0
0
Read two values at the same time. Set the active state of the lines to low.
sudo gpioget --active-low gpiochip0 24 25
1 1
Set the value of a single line, then exit immediately. This is useful for floating pins.
sudo gpioset gpiochip0 24=1
Toggle a GPIO by name, then wait for the user to press ENTER.
sudo gpioset --mode=wait `gpiofind "PA24"`=1
Toggle PA24 high for 1 second.
sudo gpioset --mode=time --sec=1 gpiochip0 34=0
Wait for three rising edge events on a single GPIO line, then exit.
sudo gpiomon --num-events=3 --rising-edge gpiochip0 24
event: RISING EDGE offset: 3 timestamp: [ 1151.814356387]
event: RISING EDGE offset: 3 timestamp: [ 1151.815449803]
event: RISING EDGE offset: 3 timestamp: [ 1152.091556803]
Wait for a single falling edge event. Specify a custom output format.
sudo gpiomon --format="%e %o %s %n" --falling-edge gpiochip0 24
0 25 1156 615459801
Pause execution until a single event of any type occurs. Don't print anything. Find the line by name.
sudo gpiomon --num-events=1 --silent `gpiofind "PA24"`
Monitor multiple lines, exit after the first event.
sudo gpiomon --silent --num-events=1 gpiochip0 24 25 31
Check the GPIO status
sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/ahb:apb:pinctrl@fffff200/pinmux-pins
Links
Sergio Tanzilli
Systems designer, webmaster of www.acmesystems.it and founder of Acme Systems srl
Personal email: tanzilli@acmesystems.it
Web pages: https://www.acmesystems.it --- https://www.acmestudio.it
Github repositories: https://github.com/tanzilli --- https://github.com/acmesystems
Telegram group dedicated to the Acme Systems boards: https://t.me/acmesystemssrl
Systems designer, webmaster of www.acmesystems.it and founder of Acme Systems srl
Personal email: tanzilli@acmesystems.it
Web pages: https://www.acmesystems.it --- https://www.acmestudio.it
Github repositories: https://github.com/tanzilli --- https://github.com/acmesystems
Telegram group dedicated to the Acme Systems boards: https://t.me/acmesystemssrl
