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Description

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[HB GPIO] GPIO, or General-Purpose Input/Output is a mechanism that allows a computing board to provide electrical contacts for signalling to a wide range of external devices. These pins allow commerical and hobbyist projects to do things like communicate with a “breakout board”, or individual physical modules – like a motor.

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GPIO Header Pinout

Header Pin

Signal

Pad Name (Default)

GPIO Name

Linux GPIO Number (*)

J2 [pin 1]

3.3V

-

-

-

J2 [pin 2]

5V

-

-

-

J2 [pin 3]

I2C_SDA

#EIM_D18

GPIO3_IO18

82

J2 [pin 4]

5V

-

-

-

J2 [pin 5]

I2C_SCL

#EIM_D17

GPIO3_IO17

81

J2 [pin 6]

GND

-

-

-

J2 [pin 7]

GPIO 1

GPIO_1

GPIO1_IO01

1

J2 [pin 8]

UART TX

#-

-

-

J2 [pin 9]

GND

-

-

-

J2 [pin 10]

UART RX#

-

-

-

J2 [pin 11]

GPIO 73

EIM_DA9

GPIO3_IO09

73

J2 [pin 12]

GPIO 72

EIM_DA8

GPIO3_IO08

72

J2 [pin 13]

GPIO 71

EIM_DA7

GPIO3_IO07

71

J2 [pin 14]

GND

-

-

-

J2 [pin 15]

GPIO 101070

EIM_DA6

GPIO3_IO06

70

J2 [pin 16]

GPIO 194

SD3_CMD

GPIO7_IO02

194

J2 [pin 17]

3.3V

-

-

-

J2 [pin 18]

GPIO 195

SD3_CLK

GPIO7_IO03

195

J2 [pin 19]

SPI_MOSI

#EIM_CS1

GPIO2_IO24

56

J2 [pin 20]

GND

-

-

-

J2 [pin 21]

SPI_MISO#

EIM_OE

GPIO2_IO25

57

J2 [pin 22]

GPIO 67

EIM_DA3

GPIO3_IO03

67

J2 [pin 23]

SPI_SCLK#

EIM_CS0

GPIO2_IO23

55

J2 [pin 24]

ECSPI2_SS0#

EIM_RW

GPIO2_IO26

58

J2 [pin 25]

GND

-

-

-

J2 [pin 26]

ECSPI2_SS1

#EIM_LBA

GPIO2_IO27

59

Pins 16 and 18 are actually SD3_CMD and SD3_CLK signals that can be muxed to support flex can TX/RX interface (i.e. those can be connected to an external CAN).
(*) SPI and I2C & UART can also be muxed to be GPIO

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Please have a look at WiringX, which also supports the Hummingboard:

http://wiringx.org/

Manual

  • The external GPIOs are available under the /sys/class/gpio folder in Linux.

  • To control on the GPIO pins you need to calculate the GPIO number XX (*) and run the commands below:

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