class Pin – control I/O pins — MicroPython latest documentation (original) (raw)

A pin is the basic object to control I/O pins. It has methods to set the mode of the pin (input, output, etc) and methods to get and set the digital logic level. For analog control of a pin, see the ADC class.

Usage Model:

All Board Pins are predefined as pyb.Pin.board.Name:

x1_pin = pyb.Pin.board.X1

g = pyb.Pin(pyb.Pin.board.X1, pyb.Pin.IN)

CPU pins which correspond to the board pins are available as pyb.Pin.cpu.Name. For the CPU pins, the names are the port letter followed by the pin number. On the PYBv1.0, pyb.Pin.board.X1 andpyb.Pin.cpu.A0 are the same pin.

You can also use strings:

g = pyb.Pin('X1', pyb.Pin.OUT_PP)

Users can add their own names:

MyMapperDict = { 'LeftMotorDir' : pyb.Pin.cpu.C12 } pyb.Pin.dict(MyMapperDict) g = pyb.Pin("LeftMotorDir", pyb.Pin.OUT_OD)

and can query mappings:

pin = pyb.Pin("LeftMotorDir")

Users can also add their own mapping function:

def MyMapper(pin_name): if pin_name == "LeftMotorDir": return pyb.Pin.cpu.A0

pyb.Pin.mapper(MyMapper)

So, if you were to call: pyb.Pin("LeftMotorDir", pyb.Pin.OUT_PP)then "LeftMotorDir" is passed directly to the mapper function.

To summarise, the following order determines how things get mapped into an ordinal pin number:

  1. Directly specify a pin object
  2. User supplied mapping function
  3. User supplied mapping (object must be usable as a dictionary key)
  4. Supply a string which matches a board pin
  5. Supply a string which matches a CPU port/pin

You can set pyb.Pin.debug(True) to get some debug information about how a particular object gets mapped to a pin.

All pin objects go through the pin mapper to come up with one of the gpio pins.

Constructors

class pyb.Pin(id, ...)

Create a new Pin object associated with the id. If additional arguments are given, they are used to initialise the pin. See pin.init().

Class methods

classmethod Pin.debug([_state_])

Get or set the debugging state (True or False for on or off).

classmethod Pin.dict([_dict_])

Get or set the pin mapper dictionary.

classmethod Pin.mapper([_fun_])

Get or set the pin mapper function.

Methods

Pin.init(mode, pull=Pin.PULL_NONE, *, value=None, alt=-1)

Initialise the pin:

Returns: None.

Pin.value([_value_])

Get or set the digital logic level of the pin:

Pin.__str__()

Return a string describing the pin object.

Pin.af()

Returns the currently configured alternate-function of the pin. The integer returned will match one of the allowed constants for the af argument to the init function.

Pin.af_list()

Returns an array of alternate functions available for this pin.

Pin.gpio()

Returns the base address of the GPIO block associated with this pin.

Pin.mode()

Returns the currently configured mode of the pin. The integer returned will match one of the allowed constants for the mode argument to the init function.

Pin.name()

Get the pin name.

Pin.names()

Returns the cpu and board names for this pin.

Pin.pin()

Get the pin number.

Pin.port()

Get the pin port.

Pin.pull()

Returns the currently configured pull of the pin. The integer returned will match one of the allowed constants for the pull argument to the init function.

Constants

Pin.ALT

initialise the pin to alternate-function mode for input or output

Pin.AF_OD

initialise the pin to alternate-function mode with an open-drain drive

Pin.AF_PP

initialise the pin to alternate-function mode with a push-pull drive

Pin.ANALOG

initialise the pin to analog mode

Pin.IN

initialise the pin to input mode

Pin.OUT_OD

initialise the pin to output mode with an open-drain drive

Pin.OUT_PP

initialise the pin to output mode with a push-pull drive

Pin.PULL_DOWN

enable the pull-down resistor on the pin

Pin.PULL_NONE

don’t enable any pull up or down resistors on the pin

Pin.PULL_UP

enable the pull-up resistor on the pin

class PinAF – Pin Alternate Functions

A Pin represents a physical pin on the microprocessor. Each pin can have a variety of functions (GPIO, I2C SDA, etc). Each PinAF object represents a particular function for a pin.

Usage Model:

x3 = pyb.Pin.board.X3 x3_af = x3.af_list()

x3_af will now contain an array of PinAF objects which are available on pin X3.

For the pyboard, x3_af would contain:

[Pin.AF1_TIM2, Pin.AF2_TIM5, Pin.AF3_TIM9, Pin.AF7_USART2]

Normally, each peripheral would configure the alternate function automatically, but sometimes the same function is available on multiple pins, and having more control is desired.

To configure X3 to expose TIM2_CH3, you could use:

pin = pyb.Pin(pyb.Pin.board.X3, mode=pyb.Pin.ALT, alt=pyb.Pin.AF1_TIM2)

or:

pin = pyb.Pin(pyb.Pin.board.X3, mode=pyb.Pin.ALT, alt=1)

Methods

pinaf.__str__()

Return a string describing the alternate function.

pinaf.index()

Return the alternate function index.

pinaf.name()

Return the name of the alternate function.

pinaf.reg()

Return the base register associated with the peripheral assigned to this alternate function. For example, if the alternate function were TIM2_CH3 this would return stm.TIM2