What is LibPins?

[Chris Wolcott]

I'm trying a program to read a DHT11 sensor.  In the code, they make use a method called LibPins.getPin(), but I can find NO reference to such an object.  What is it, and what do I replace it in this code with?

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import com.pi4j.component.ObserveableComponentBase;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioController;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioFactory;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.GpioPinDigitalMultipurpose;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.Pin;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.PinMode;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.PinPullResistance;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.PinState;
import com.pi4j.io.gpio.RaspiPin;


public class DHT11 extends ObserveableComponentBase {

    public DHT11(int pin) {
        final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance();
        dht11Pin = gpio.provisionDigitalMultipurposePin(LibPins.getPin(pin), PinMode.DIGITAL_INPUT, PinPullResistance.PULL_UP);
    }

}

Thanks

[Frank Delporte]

I found LibPins on GitHub

https://github.com/juniorug/libsensorj/blob/4baa74e049c1393054aa26ddb3bd7eb206893b81/src/main/java/com/libsensorj/utils/LibPins.java

It seems to extend the RaspiPin of Pi4J.

gpioPins = new HashMap<Integer, Pin>();

gpioPins.put(1, RaspiPin.GPIO_01);

gpioPins.put(2, RaspiPin.GPIO_02)

So if you just replace it with the pin you want to use in your code, e.g. RaspiPin.GPIO_02 Frank

[Chris Wolcott]

Thanks for your response.  

I changed the offending line to:   DHT11Pin = gpio.provisionDigitalMultipurposePin(RaspiPin.getPinByAddress(pin), PinMode.DIGITAL_INPUT,PinPullResistance.PULL_UP);

Not sure if that is an effective replacement as I don't use that constructor, but it was a 'Best Guess' at the time.

[Jim Darby]

Hi Chris,

One of the issues with the DHT11 is its fussy timing requirements. You can use the checksum in the message block and retry but it's still a pain.

There are two solutions I can recommend.

The first is to use the kernel drivers on the Pi and read the data using that. None of that tedious GPIO mucking about, just open a file and read the data.

Option 2 is to use one of the mroe modern replacements. The DHT22 is not only more accurate but the variants of it come with I2C interfaces which make it a far easier experience to work with.

Hope this helps.

Jim.

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