The System.Device.Gpio package supports general-purpose I/O (GPIO) pins, PWM, I2C, SPI and related interfaces for interacting with low level hardware pins to control hardware sensors, displays and input devices on single-board-computers; Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, ODROID, and other single-board-computers that are supported by Linux or Windows and can run .NET. Depending on the OS and hardware, various low-level drivers are available. Additionally, hardware interfaces connected trough Serial ports or USB are also supported.
Get Started
$ dotnet add package System.Device.GpioReadme
.NET IoT Libraries
.NET can be used to build applications for IoT devices and scenarios. IoT applications typically interact with sensors, displays and input devices that require the use of GPIO pins, serial ports or similar hardware.
You might want to start with our official documentation.
This repository contains the System.Device.Gpio library and implementations for various boards like Raspberry Pi and Hummingboard.
The repository also contains Iot.Device.Bindings, a growing set of community-maintained device bindings for IoT components.
Hardware requirements
While most of the bindings and examples in this project require and are designed to support specific hardware (such as LCD displays, temperature sensors, single-board computers, microcontrollers, etc.), the library itself tries to be as hardware-independent as possible. Some bindings are even written to showcase the use of IOT interfaces with hardware that is already present in normal desktop computers (such as keyboards or CPU temperature sensors). So to get started, you do not need expensive hardware. Or you can start out with cheap stuff, such as an Arduino Uno. You can also use FT232H or FT4222 on a Windows, Linux or MAcOS traditional laptop or desktop.