Unit RPIGPIOEXPANDER
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Description
Raspberry Pi Firmware GPIO Expander Driver unit
As of February 2017 the Raspberry Pi firmware contains a mailbox interface to allow control of the GPIO expander on the Raspberry Pi 3/4 and Compute Module 3/4.
Unlike the earlier virtual GPIO interface this mailbox service now supports most GPIO functionality including getting and setting a pin value, getting and changing the pin function and getting or changing the pull up/down options.
This driver implements most of the functionality available in the new mailbox service as a standard Ultibo GPIO device and also provides direct mailbox calls to allow access to any additional options not covered by the GPIO device API.
When included in a project this driver replaces the Virtual GPIO functions provided by the PlatformRPi2, PlatformRPi3, PlatformRPi4 units.
According to /arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dts the following pin assignments are known:
- GPIO_PIN_2 = Activity LED
- GPIO_PIN_4 = HDMI Detect (Input / Active Low)
- GPIO_PIN_7 = Power LED (Input / Active Low)
For the Raspberry Pi 3B+ the assignments shown in /arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dts have changed as follows:
- GPIO_PIN_2 = Power LED (Active Low)
- GPIO_PIN_4 = HDMI Detect (Input / Active Low)
For the Raspberry Pi 4B the assignments shown in /arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dts are:
- GPIO_PIN_0 = Bluetooth Power (Active High) (BT_ON)
- GPIO_PIN_1 = WiFi Power Sequencer (Active Low) (WL_ON)
- GPIO_PIN_2 = Power LED (Active Low) (PWR_LED_OFF)
- GPIO_PIN_3 = (GLOBAL_RESET) (ANT1 on CM4)
- GPIO_PIN_4 = SDIO 1.8V regulator (Active High) (VDD_SD_IO_SEL)
- GPIO_PIN_5 = CAM1 regulator (Active High) (CAM_GPIO)
- GPIO_PIN_6 = SD VCC regulator (Active High) (SD_PWR_ON)
- GPIO_PIN_7 = (SD_OC_N) (ANT2 on CM4)
The Pi 400 and CM4 files at bcm2711-rpi-400.dts and bcm2711-rpi-cm4.dts show identical assignments as the Pi 4B.
Note that this driver requires recent firmware (later than February 2017) and has been tested successfully with the firmware release from 8 October 2020.
The latest version of the firmware is available from https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
Constants
RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_*
RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_DESCRIPTION = 'Raspberry Pi Firmware GPIO Expander';
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Description of RPiGPIO Expander device |
RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MIN_PIN = GPIO_PIN_0;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MAX_PIN = GPIO_PIN_7;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_PIN_COUNT = 8;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_PIN_OFFSET = 128;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MAX_LEVEL = GPIO_LEVEL_HIGH;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MAX_PULL = GPIO_PULL_DOWN;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MIN_FUNCTION = GPIO_FUNCTION_IN;
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RPIGPIOEXP_GPIO_MAX_FUNCTION = GPIO_FUNCTION_OUT;
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Type definitions
RPiGPIO expander specific types
PRPiGPIOExpander = ^TRPiGPIOExpander;
TRPiGPIOExpander = record
GPIO Properties | |
GPIO:TGPIODevice;
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RPiGPIO Expander Properties | |
Public variables
None defined
Function declarations
Initialization functions
procedure RPiGPIOExpanderInit;
Note | Called only during system startup |
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RPiGPIO expander GPIO functions
function RPiGPIOExpanderStart(GPIO:PGPIODevice):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceStart instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderStop(GPIO:PGPIODevice):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceStop instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderInputGet(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceInputGet instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderOutputSet(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin,Level:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceOutputSet instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderPullGet(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODevicePullGet instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderPullSelect(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin,Mode:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODevicePullSelect instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderFunctionGet(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceFunctionGet instead. |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderFunctionSelect(GPIO:PGPIODevice; Pin,Mode:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | Not intended to be called directly by applications, use GPIODeviceFunctionSelect instead. |
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RTL virtual GPIO functions
function SysVirtualGPIOInputGet(Pin:LongWord):LongWord;
Pin | The pin to get the state for (eg VIRTUAL_GPIO_PIN_1) |
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Return | The current state (eg GPIO_LEVEL_HIGH) or GPIO_LEVEL_UNKNOWN on failure |
function SysVirtualGPIOOutputSet(Pin,Level:LongWord):LongWord;
Pin | The pin to set the state for (eg GPIO_PIN_1) |
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Level | The state to set the pin to (eg GPIO_LEVEL_HIGH) |
Return | ERROR_SUCCESS if completed successfully or another error code on failure |
function SysVirtualGPIOFunctionGet(Pin:LongWord):LongWord;
Pin | The pin to get the function for (eg GPIO_PIN_1) |
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Return | The current function of the pin (eg GPIO_FUNCTION_IN) or GPIO_FUNCTION_UNKNOWN on failure |
function SysVirtualGPIOFunctionSelect(Pin,Mode:LongWord):LongWord;
Pin | The pin to change the function for (eg GPIO_PIN_1) |
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Mode | The function to set for the pin (eg GPIO_FUNCTION_OUT) |
Return | ERROR_SUCCESS if completed successfully or another error code on failure |
RPiGPIO expander helper functions
function RPiGPIOExpanderGetState(GPIO:LongWord; var State:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | None documented |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderSetState(GPIO,State:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | None documented |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderGetConfig(GPIO:LongWord; var Direction,Polarity,Terminator,PullUp:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | None documented |
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function RPiGPIOExpanderSetConfig(GPIO,Direction,Polarity,Terminator,PullUp,State:LongWord):LongWord;
Note | None documented |
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