These iare some very interesting links related with the different ways of using the GPIOs on the raspberry:
RPi.GPIO Library
RPi.GPIO is a small python library that take some of the complexity out of driving the GPIO pins, once install a single LED can be lit with 3 lines of python. Installing the library is almost as simple, either at a text console or using LXTerminal enter the following. Download last version from RPi.GPIO.
$ wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/R/RPi.GPIO/RPi.GPIO-0.X.X.tar.gz$ tar zxf RPi.GPIO-0.X.X.tar.gz$ cd RPi.GPIO-0.X.0$ sudo python setup.py installWiringPi2 Library
Script to check my breakout with the WirinPi2 library:
#!/usr/bin/python# /**# @file breakout_testbech.py# @author Oscar Gomez Fuente <oscargomezf@gmail.com># @ingroup iElectronic# @date 14/05/2014# @version 1.1.0# @section DESCRIPTION# test bech to check GPIOs.# GPIO 23 -> output led green# GPIO 24 -> output led green# GPIO 18 -> pwm output led green# GPIO 4 -> clk output buzzer# GPIO 25 -> input switch# */import sysimport wiringpi2from time import sleepDELAY = 2song = [ 659, 659, 0, 659, 523, 659, 0, 784, 0, 0, 0, 392, 0, 0, 0, 523, 0, 0, 392, 0, 0, 330 ]def pwm_dimm(io, delay): pin = 18 # only supported on this pin io.pinMode(pin, io.PWM_OUTPUT) #io.pwmSetClock(2) #io.pwmSetRange(10) for i in range(0, 1024, 1): io.pwmWrite(pin, i) io.delay(delay) for i in range(1024, -1, -1): io.pwmWrite(pin, i) io.delay(delay)def leds(io): #config gpios output mode io.pinMode(23, io.OUTPUT) io.pinMode(24, io.OUTPUT) #Check led in GPIO23 io.digitalWrite(23, 1) io.delay(2000) io.digitalWrite(23, 0) #Check led in GPIO24 io.digitalWrite(24, 1) io.delay(2000) io.digitalWrite(24, 0)def swith(io): #config gpio input mode io.pinMode(25, io.INPUT) print('Please press button') while (io.digitalRead(25) == io.HIGH): io.delay(100) print('Button pressed')def tone(io, song): pin = 4 # only supported on this pin io.softToneCreate(pin) for i in range(len(song)): io.softToneWrite(pin, song[i]) io.delay(200) io.softToneWrite(pin, 0) io.pinMode(pin, io.INPUT)def clock(io, frecuency): pin = 4 # only supported on this pin io.pinMode(pin, io.GPIO_CLOCK) io.gpioClockSet(pin, frecuency) io.delay(2000) io.pinMode(pin, io.INPUT)#config gpios with wiringpi2 libraryio = wiringpi2.GPIO(wiringpi2.GPIO.WPI_MODE_GPIO)#test bench ledsleds(io)#test bench pwm ledpwm_dimm(io, DELAY)#test bench input switchswith(io)#test bench tonetone(io, song)#test bench clockclock(io, 5000)Repository with a breakout hardware to check gpios on Raspberry Pi breakout_rpi.