NAME
RPi::WiringPi::Core - Core methods for RPi::WiringPi Raspberry Pi interface
DESCRIPTION
This module contains various utilities for RPi::WiringPi that don't necessarily fit anywhere else. It is a base class, and is not designed to be used independently.
METHODS
gpio_layout()
Returns the GPIO layout which indicates the board revision number.
pin_scheme([$scheme])
Returns the current pin mapping in use. Returns 0
for wiringPi
scheme, 1
for GPIO, 2
for System GPIO, 3
for physical board and -1
if a scheme has not yet been configured (ie. one of the setup*()
methods has not yet been called).
If using RPi::Const, these map out to:
0 => RPI_MODE_WPI
1 => RPI_MODE_GPIO
2 => RPI_MODE_GPIO_SYS # unused in RPi::WiringPi
3 => RPI_MODE_PHYS
-1 => RPI_MODE_UNINIT
pin_map($scheme)
Returns a hash reference in the following format:
$map => {
phys_pin_num => pin_num,
...
};
If no scheme is in place or one isn't sent in, return will be an empty hash reference.
Parameters:
$scheme
Optional: By default, we'll check if you've already run a setup routine, and if so, we'll use the scheme currently in use. If one is not in use and no $scheme
has been sent in, we'll return an empty hash reference, otherwise if a scheme is sent in, the return will be:
For 'wiringPi'
scheme:
$map = {
phys_pin_num => wiringPi_pin_num,
....
};
For 'GPIO'
scheme:
$map = {
phys_pin_num => gpio_pin_num,
...
};
pin_to_gpio($pin, [$scheme])
Dynamically converts the specified pin from the specified scheme (RPI_MODE_WPI
(wiringPi), or RPI_MODE_PHYS
(physical board numbering scheme) to the GPIO number format.
If $scheme
is not sent in, we'll attempt to fetch the scheme currently in use and use that.
Example:
my $num = pin_to_gpio(6, RPI_MODE_WPI);
That will understand the pin number 6
to be the wiringPi representation, and will return the GPIO representation.
wpi_to_gpio($pin_num)
Converts a pin number from wiringPi
notation to GPIO notation.
Parameters:
$pin_num
Mandatory: The wiringPi
representation of a pin number.
phys_to_gpio($pin_num)
Converts a pin number as physically documented on the Raspberry Pi board itself to GPIO notation, and returns it.
Parameters:
$pin_num
Mandatory: The pin number printed on the physical Pi board.
pwm_range($range)
Changes the range of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). The default is 0
through 1023
.
Parameters:
$range
Mandatory: An integer specifying the high-end of the range. The range always starts at 0
. Eg: if $range
is 359
, if you incremented PWM by 1
every second, you'd rotate a step motor one complete rotation in exactly one minute.
pwm_mode($mode)
Each PWM channel can run in either Balanced or Mark-Space mode. In Balanced mode, the hardware sends a combination of clock pulses that results in an overall DATA pulses per RANGE pulses. In Mark-Space mode, the hardware sets the output HIGH for DATA clock pulses wide, followed by LOW for RANGE-DATA clock pulses.
Raspberry Pi's default mode is balanced mode.
Parameters:
$mode
Mandatory, Integer: 0
for Mark-Space mode, or 1
for Balanced mode. Note: If using RPi::Const, you can use PWM_MODE_MS
or PWM_MODE_BAL
.
pwm_clock($divisor)
The PWM clock can be set to control the PWM pulse widths. The PWM clock is derived from a 19.2MHz clock. You can set any divider.
For example, say you wanted to drive a DC motor with PWM at about 1kHz, and control the speed in 1/1024 increments from 0/1024 (stopped) through to 1024/1024 (full on). In that case you might set the clock divider to be 16, and the RANGE to 1024. The pulse repetition frequency will be 1.2MHz/1024 = 1171.875Hz.
Parameters:
$divisor
Mandatory, Integer: An unsigned integer to set the pulse width to.
export_pin($pin_num)
Exports a pin. Only needed if using the setup_sys()
initialization method.
Pin number must be the GPIO
pin number representation.
unexport_pin($pin_num)
Unexports a pin. Only needed if using the setup_sys()
initialization method.
Pin number must be the GPIO
pin number representation.
registered_pins()
Returns an array reference where each element is the GPIO pin number of each currently registerd pin.
register_pin($pin_obj)
Registers a pin within the system for error checking, and proper resetting of the pins in use when required.
Parameters:
$pin_obj
Mandatory: An object instance of RPi::Pin class.
unregister_pin($pin_obj)
Removes an already registered pin from the registry. This method shouldn't be used in the normal course of operation, but is available for convenience anyhow.
Parameters:
$pin_obj
Mandatory: An object instance of RPi::Pin class.
cleanup()
Resets all registered pins back to default settings as they were before your program started. It's important that this method be called in each application.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
There are certain environment variables available to aid in testing on non-Raspberry Pi boards.
NO_BOARD
Set to true, will bypass the wiringPi
board checks. False will re-enable them.
PI_BOARD
Useful only for unit testing. Tells us that we're on Pi hardware.
AUTHOR
Steve Bertrand, <steveb@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2017,2018 by Steve Bertrand
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.18.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.