This is good to know. I've not tried using fpc to read io pins on the pi
yet, but it's certainly nice to have the option. I will keep this post
for when the inevidable occurs, and I decide to use fpc for a project on
my pi. Honestly, I didn't even realize it would be possible to read the
io
Thanks,
I have come a lot further now, in fact I am done with the basic reasearch on
how to do the I/O.
What I found is that the pigpio.pas file found in the lazarus wiki needs
some slight modifications
and then it is perfectly OK to use. No need for any bigger driver than this
to do the RPi2 I/O.
You can add any user to any group you like, by using the groupadd program
in the terminal. For example,
usermod -a -G audio pi
would add the pi user to the audio group, allowing them to use audio
functions without having to be root or use sudo for the access.
Of course, the usermod command ne