On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:40 AM, <dav...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Sounds quite interesting :) It might also be an idea to provide a home for > implementations of other hardware that can drive GPIO pins and can control > similar sensors and other devices. I'm thinking of an Arduino, or something > like an ESP8266. These are devices that are much simpler (and cheaper) than > a Raspberry Pi, but if you are just building a sensor or a simple switch > they are often quite useful. > > Would that fit with a project like this as well? > > Cheers, > > David >
David, It is my understanding that what this project would produce would be device independent. In Unix operating systems devices are files. For the I2C bus the device id would /dev/i2c-0.(I do not believe this would be different on a PI vs and Arduino). My goal is to produce Apache licensed libraries like this here: https://blogs.oracle.com/acaicedo/resource/RPi-HOL/GPIOTest.java Namely: final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance(); final GpioPinDigitalOutput led1 = gpio.provisionDigitalOutputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_00); // continuously blink the led every 1/2 second for 15 seconds led1.blink(500, 15000); However, if people are open to device driver implementations (I would assume these would be BSD drivers) I think that is an interesting direction and I know of some FreeBSD user groups that might be interested in getting involved. Thanks, Edward
