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Published inFeb 2016
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Rodolfo Giometti
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Rodolfo Giometti

Rodolfo Giometti is an engineer, IT specialist, GNU/Linux expert and software libre evangelist. He is the author of the books BeagleBone Essentials, BeagleBone Home Automation Blueprints and GNU/Linux Rapid Embedded Programming by Packt Publishing and maintainer of the LinuxPPS projects. He still actively contributes to the Linux source code with several patches and new device drivers for industrial applications devices. During his 20+ years of experience, he has worked on the x86, ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC-based platforms. Now, he is the co-chief at HCE Engineering S.r.l., where he designs new hardware and software systems for the quick prototyping in industry environment, control automation, and remote monitoring.
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The final test


As in the previous chapters, we have to first execute the chapter_10/SYSINIT.sh file in the book's example code repository as usual to set up all GPIOs lines and to load the kernel module:

root@beaglebone:~# ./SYSINIT.sh
done!

Then, we must execute the lircd daemon by using the command line without the --nodaemon option argument:

root@arm:~# lircd --device /dev/lirc0 --driver default --uinputmyremote.conf

Then, we can execute the preceding read_events.py program to manage the relays:

root@arm:~# ./read_events.py /dev/input/event0

Now the trick is done. We simply have to direct the remote controller to the infrared detector and press the 0, 1, 2, or 3 button. When we press the button, the switch turns on, while when we press the button again, the switch also turns off changing the status of the connected relay, and, as a last step, the device connected to it.

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Rodolfo Giometti

Rodolfo Giometti is an engineer, IT specialist, GNU/Linux expert and software libre evangelist. He is the author of the books BeagleBone Essentials, BeagleBone Home Automation Blueprints and GNU/Linux Rapid Embedded Programming by Packt Publishing and maintainer of the LinuxPPS projects. He still actively contributes to the Linux source code with several patches and new device drivers for industrial applications devices. During his 20+ years of experience, he has worked on the x86, ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC-based platforms. Now, he is the co-chief at HCE Engineering S.r.l., where he designs new hardware and software systems for the quick prototyping in industry environment, control automation, and remote monitoring.
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