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Android Things Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Android Things Quick Start Guide Build your own smart devices using the Android Things platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789341799
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Raul Portales Raul Portales
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Using GPIO for input

Now that we have seen how to use GPIO for output, let's move on to input. In this section we will look at accessing Button and ButtonDriver without using the meta driver of the Rainbow HAT. Both drivers are a layer of abstraction over GPIO, so our next step will be to learn how to work with GPIO directly. Finally, we will look at a few sensors that generate a GPIO signal and how to use them.

Buttons

Buttons are quite simple to deal with when using the driver or the input driver, but they can also be used to learn how to use GPIO output at a low level.

Let's get into the button driver.

Button driver...

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