Is there a GPIO adapter for PC

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Is there a GPIO adapter for PC

Post by HankTheTank »

Hello,

I am looking for a GPIO adapter, so I can develop my project for Raspberry Pi on my PC.
I want to play with an LCD display, but rather than running my IDE and other tools on the RPi,
I would like to do that on my PC first, and then port it to RPi.

Does anybody have experience with something like that?
I was checking out these:
http://numato.com/8-channel-usb-gpio-module

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Re: Is there a GPIO adapter for PC

Post by adafruit_support_bill »

There are many products similar to the one you linked. I have used a few and they work as advertised. While they are good at simple I/O, implementing more complex protocols such as SPI, I2C or other device-specific protocols can be challenging. In the case of time-critical protocols it may even be impossible.

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Re: Is there a GPIO adapter for PC

Post by HankTheTank »

What I basically want is an equivalent to the RPi GPIO.
I want to access the sysFs to open / close GPIO ports, so I can attach my LCD.
The plan is that I can get the programm running on my development PC first, and then cimpile
the stuff on RPi.
I am basically looking for this:
http://falsinsoft.blogspot.de/2012/11/a ... space.html
but on my PC.
I just don't know which hardware to buy.

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