EdgeX Device GPIO is a device service for connecting GPIO devices to EdgeX.
** Functionality **
This device service uses sysfs ABI (default) or chardev ABI (experiment) to control GPIO devices For a connected GPIO device, update the configuration files, and then start to read or write data from GPIO device
Enable snaps on Raspberry Pi and install edgex-device-gpio
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On a Raspberry Pi running the latest version of Raspbian snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
You will also need to reboot your device:
sudo reboot
After this, install the core snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install core
Install edgex-device-gpio
To install edgex-device-gpio, simply use the following command: