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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Melissa LeBlanc-Williams for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""A Pin class for use with lgpio."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import lgpio
+
+
+def _get_gpiochip():
+ """
+ Determines the handle of the GPIO chip device to access.
+
+ iterate through sysfs to find a GPIO chip device with a driver known to be
+ used for userspace GPIO access.
+ """
+ for dev in Path("/sys/bus/gpio/devices").glob("gpiochip*"):
+ drivers = set((dev / "of_node/compatible").read_text().split("\0"))
+ # check if driver names are intended for userspace control
+ if drivers & {
+ "raspberrypi,rp1-gpio",
+ "raspberrypi,bcm2835-gpio",
+ "raspberrypi,bcm2711-gpio",
+ }:
+ return lgpio.gpiochip_open(int(dev.name[-1]))
+ # return chip0 as a fallback
+ return lgpio.gpiochip_open(0)
+
+
+CHIP = _get_gpiochip()
+
+
+class Pin:
+ """Pins dont exist in CPython so...lets make our own!"""
+
+ LOW = 0
+ HIGH = 1
+ OFF = LOW
+ ON = HIGH
+
+ # values of lg mode constants
+ PULL_NONE = 0x80
+ PULL_UP = 0x20
+ PULL_DOWN = 0x40
+ ACTIVE_LOW = 0x02
+
+ # drive mode lg constants
+ OPEN_DRAIN = 0x04
+ IN = 0x0100
+ OUT = 0x0200
+
+ # LG mode constants
+ _LG_ALERT = 0x400
+ _LG_GROUP = 0x800
+ _LG_MODES = IN | OUT | _LG_ALERT | _LG_GROUP
+ _LG_PULLS = PULL_NONE | PULL_UP | PULL_NONE | ACTIVE_LOW
+ _LG_DRIVES = OPEN_DRAIN
+
+ id = None
+ _value = LOW
+ _mode = IN
+
+ # we want exceptions
+ lgpio.exceptions = True
+
+ def __init__(self, bcm_number):
+ self.id = bcm_number
+
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return str(self.id)
+
+ def __eq__(self, other):
+ return self.id == other
+
+ def init(self, mode=IN, pull=None):
+ """Initialize the Pin"""
+ if mode is not None:
+ if mode == Pin.IN:
+ self._mode = Pin.IN
+ self._set_gpio_mode_in()
+ elif mode == self.OUT:
+ self._mode = Pin.OUT
+ Pin._check_result(lgpio.gpio_claim_output(CHIP, self.id, Pin.LOW))
+ else:
+ raise RuntimeError(f"Invalid mode for pin: {self.id}")
+ if pull is not None:
+ if self._mode != Pin.IN:
+ raise RuntimeError("Can only set pull resistor on input")
+ if pull in {Pin.PULL_UP, Pin.PULL_DOWN, Pin.PULL_NONE}:
+ self._set_gpio_mode_in(lflags=pull)
+ else:
+ raise RuntimeError(f"Invalid pull for pin: {self.id}")
+
+ def value(self, val=None):
+ """Set or return the Pin Value"""
+ if val is not None:
+ if val == Pin.LOW:
+ self._value = val
+ Pin._check_result(lgpio.gpio_write(CHIP, self.id, val))
+ elif val == Pin.HIGH:
+ self._value = val
+ Pin._check_result(lgpio.gpio_write(CHIP, self.id, val))
+ else:
+ raise RuntimeError("Invalid value for pin")
+ return None
+ return Pin._check_result(lgpio.gpio_read(CHIP, self.id))
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def _check_result(result):
+ """
+ convert any result other than zero to a text message and pass it back
+ as a runtime exception. Typical usage: use the lgpio call as the
+ argument.
+ """
+ if result < 0:
+ raise RuntimeError(lgpio.error_text(result))
+ return result
+
+ def _set_gpio_mode_in(self, lflags=0):
+ """
+ claim a gpio as input, or modify the flags (PULL_UP, PULL_DOWN, ... )
+ """
+ # This gpio_free may seem redundant, but is required when
+ # changing the line-flags of an already acquired input line
+ try:
+ lgpio.gpio_free(CHIP, self.id)
+ except lgpio.error:
+ pass
+ Pin._check_result(lgpio.gpio_claim_input(CHIP, self.id, lFlags=lflags))