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Add-on boards and accessories
These additional interfaces have been provided to group collections of
components together for ease of use, and as examples. They are made up of
components from the various input devices and
output devices provided by gpiozero. See those pages for more
information on using components individually.
Note all GPIO pin numbers use BCM numbering. See the notes page for more information.
LED Board
A Generic LED Board or collection of LEDs.
Code
Ensure the LEDBoard class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import LEDBoard
Create an LEDBoard object by passing in a list of the LED pin numbers:
leds = LEDBoard([2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
Methods
| Method | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
on() |
Turn all the LEDs on. | None |
off() |
Turn all the LEDs off. | None |
toggle() |
Toggle all the LEDs. For each LED, if it's on, turn it off; if it's off, turn it on. | None |
blink() |
Make the LEDs turn on and off repeatedly. | on_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be on each iteration. Default: 1 |
off_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be off each iteration. Default: 1 |
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n - The number of iterations. None means infinite. Default: None |
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background - If True, start a background thread to continue blinking and return immediately. If False, only return when the blink is finished (warning: the default value of n will result in this method never returning). Default: True |
Properties
| Property | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
leds |
A collection of LEDs to access each one individually, or to iterate over them in sequence. | Tuple |
Traffic Lights
Generic Traffic Lights set.
Code
Ensure the TrafficLights class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import TrafficLights
Create a TrafficLights object by passing in the LED pin numbers by name:
traffic = TrafficLights(red=2, amber=3, green=4)
or just in order (red, amber, green):
traffic = TrafficLights(2, 3, 4)
Methods
| Method | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
on() |
Turn all three LEDs on. | None |
off() |
Turn all three LEDs off. | None |
toggle() |
Toggle all three LEDs. For each LED, if it's on, turn it off; if it's off, turn it on. | None |
blink() |
Make the LEDs turn on and off repeatedly. | on_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be on each iteration. Default: 1 |
off_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be off each iteration. Default: 1 |
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n - The number of iterations. None means infinite. Default: None |
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background - If True, start a background thread to continue blinking and return immediately. If False, only return when the blink is finished (warning: the default value of n will result in this method never returning). Default: True |
Properties
| Property | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
red |
Direct access to the red light as a single LED object. |
LED |
amber |
Direct access to the amber light as a single LED object. |
LED |
green |
Direct access to the green light as a single LED object. |
LED |
leds |
A collection of LEDs to access each one individually, or to iterate over them in sequence. | Tuple |
PiLITEr
Ciseco Pi-LITEr: strip of 8 very bright LEDs.
Code
Ensure the PiLiter class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import PiLiter
Create a PiLiter object:
lite = PiLiter()
Methods
| Method | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
on() |
Turn all eight LEDs on. | None |
off() |
Turn all eight LEDs off. | None |
toggle() |
Toggle all eight LEDs. For each LED, if it's on, turn it off; if it's off, turn it on. | None |
blink() |
Make all the LEDs turn on and off repeatedly. | on_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be on each iteration. Default: 1 |
off_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be off each iteration. Default: 1 |
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n - The number of iterations. None means infinite. Default: None |
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background - If True, start a background thread to continue blinking and return immediately. If False, only return when the blink is finished (warning: the default value of n will result in this method never returning). Default: True |
Properties
| Property | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
leds |
A collection of LEDs to access each one individually, or to iterate over them in sequence. | Tuple |
PI-TRAFFIC
Low Voltage Labs PI-TRAFFIC: vertical traffic lights board on pins 9, 10 and 11.
Ensure the PiTraffic class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import PiTraffic
Create a PiTraffic object:
traffic = PiTraffic()
PiTraffic provides an identical interface to the generic TrafficLights
interface, without the need to specify the pin numbers to be used.
The interface is identical to the generic TrafficLights interface.
To use the PI-TRAFFIC board on another set of pins, just use the generic
TrafficLights interface.
Fish Dish
Pi Supply Fish Dish: traffic light LEDs, a button and a buzzer.
Code
Ensure the FishDish class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import FishDish
Create a FishDish object:
fish = FishDish()
Methods
| Method | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
on() |
Turn all the board's output components on. | None |
off() |
Turn all the board's output components off. | None |
toggle() |
Toggle all the board's output components. For each component, if it's on, turn it off; if it's off, turn it on. | None |
blink() |
Make the LEDs turn on and off repeatedly. | on_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be on each iteration. Default: 1 |
off_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be off each iteration. Default: 1 |
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n - The number of iterations. None means infinite. Default: None |
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background - If True, start a background thread to continue blinking and return immediately. If False, only return when the blink is finished (warning: the default value of n will result in this method never returning). Default: True |
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lights_on() |
Turn all three LEDs on. | None |
lights_off() |
Turn all three LEDs off. | None |
toggle_lights() |
Toggle all the board's LEDs. For each LED, if it's on, turn it off; if it's off, turn it on. | None |
blink_lights() |
Make the board's LEDs turn on and off repeatedly. | on_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be on each iteration. Default: 1 |
off_time - The amount of time (in seconds) for the LED to be off each iteration. Default: 1 |
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n - The number of iterations. None means infinite. Default: None |
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background - If True, start a background thread to continue blinking and return immediately. If False, only return when the blink is finished (warning: the default value of n will result in this method never returning). Default: True |
Properties
| Property | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
red |
Direct access to the red light as a single LED object. |
LED |
amber |
Direct access to the amber light as a single LED object. |
LED |
green |
Direct access to the green light as a single LED object. |
LED |
buzzer |
Direct access to the buzzer as a single Buzzer object. |
LED |
button |
Direct access to the button as a single Button object. |
LED |
leds |
A collection of LEDs to access each one individually, or to iterate over them in sequence. | Tuple |
all |
A collection of the board's output components to access each one individually, or to iterate over them in sequence. | Tuple |
Traffic HAT
Ryanteck Traffic HAT: traffic light LEDs, a button and a buzzer.
Code
Ensure the TrafficHat class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import TrafficHat
Create a TrafficHat object by passing in the LED pin numbers by name:
traffic = TrafficHat()
The interface is identical to the FishDish.
Robot
Generic two-motor robot.
Code
Ensure the Robot class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import Robot
Create a Robot object by passing in the pin numbers of the forward and back
pairs for each motor:
robot = Robot(left=(4, 14), right=(17, 18))
Methods
| Method | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
forward() |
Drive the robot forwards. | speed - Speed at which to drive the motors, 0 to 1. Default: 1 |
backward() |
Drive the robot backwards. | speed - Speed at which to drive the motors, 0 to 1. Default: 1 |
left() |
Make the robot turn left. | speed - Speed at which to drive the motors, 0 to 1. Default: 1 |
right() |
Make the robot turn right. | speed - Speed at which to drive the motors, 0 to 1. Default: 1 |
stop() |
Stop the robot. | None |
Ryanteck MCB Robot
Generic robot controller with pre-configured pin numbers.
Ensure the RyanteckRobot class is imported at the top of the file:
from gpiozero import RyanteckRobot
Create a RyanteckRobot object:
robot = RyanteckRobot()
There's no need to configure the pins if you're using the default pins
(17, 18) for the left motor and (22, 23) for the right motor.
The interface is identical to the generic Robot interface.
To use the Ryanteck MCB on another set of pins, just use the generic Robot
interface.