[A64] Access of all GPIO with pyA64 (extension connector)

[oli_sbr]

Hello,

Using https://pypi.org/project/pyA64/ project, I am able to drive some GPIO (PE port)

The problem is I can't drive PB0 to PB4. The pins are not listed in the lib.
If I use the manual adress for PB0 to PB4, I still can not drive this ports.

Side note: PL port is said to not be accessible in user space. If I still want to access this port, what is the method ?

Thanks.

[LubOlimex]

What Linux image are you using? Is it the latest Olimage image?

What does:

uname -a

returns.

[oli_sbr]

Hi Lub,

Olimage version A64-OLinuXino-bionic-base-20201217-194545.img

Kernel:
Linux a64-olinuxino 5.8.18-olimex #122632 SMP Wed Dec 16 12:28:30 UTC 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

My script to trigger PB3 (note it works with PE17 attached to the LED):

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from pyA64.gpio import gpio
from pyA64.gpio import port

#led = port.PE17

#try to set PB3
#pin = (ord('B')-ord('A'))*32+3
pin = (2-1)*32+3

gpio.init()

gpio.setcfg(pin, gpio.OUTPUT)
gpio.output(pin, 1)

pyA64 version 0.1.0

Tested with a scope on pin PB3

thanks

[kalata23]

Hi Lub,

Olimage version A64-OLinuXino-bionic-base-20201217-194545.img

Kernel:
Linux a64-olinuxino 5.8.18-olimex #122632 SMP Wed Dec 16 12:28:30 UTC 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

My script to trigger PB3 (note it works with PE17 attached to the LED):

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from pyA64.gpio import gpio
from pyA64.gpio import port

#led = port.PE17

#try to set PB3
#pin = (ord('B')-ord('A'))*32+3
pin = (2-1)*32+3

gpio.init()

gpio.setcfg(pin, gpio.OUTPUT)
gpio.output(pin, 1)

pyA64 version 0.1.0

Tested with a scope on pin PB3

thanks

Can you execute "olinuxino-overlays" command and tell us, if uart2 overlay is enabled?
 

[oli_sbr]

uart2 is disabled.
I also disabled LCD and I2C0 overlay, it changes nothing.

[oli_sbr]

Update:

Using A64-OLinuXino-bionic-base-20201217-194545.img

I was able to drive the pins I wanted, using sysfs (read / write in /sys/class/gpio*).

So I think the issue is in the pyA64 project, and not in the kernel config or overlays.

[LubOlimex]

Thanks for the update I was going to test with the sysfs today. The pyA64 project was made for Armbian images and I don't think it was recently updated, probably it is not compatible with latest Olimage images.

[oli_sbr]

OK.

More info that might help other people.

I am using Buildroot as final tool to generate the system.
Since sysfs is deprecated, I am using libgpiod that is available for buildroot.

https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod


Works like a charm