GPIO¶

The BM1684 chip contains 3 groups of GPIO controllers, each of which controls 32 GPIOs, which correspond to the Linux device nodes as follows:

GPIO Controller	Linux Device Node	GPIO Physical Number	GPIO Logical Number
#0	/sys/class/gpio/gpiochip480	0 to 31	480 to 511
#1	/sys/class/gpio/gpiochip448	32 to 63	448 to 479
#2	/sys/class/gpio/gpiochip416	64 to 95	416 to 447

For example, to operate GPIO6, you need:

Number conversion: The physical number is 6, the corresponding logical number is (480 + (6 - 0)) = 486, 0 represents the start of the GPIO physical number
Export the GPIO, run as root user:
```
echo 486 >/sys/class/gpio/export
```

Operate GPIO, set to read input or output specified value:

cd /sys/class/gpio/gpio486
# set input mode
echo in >direction
cat value

# set output mode
echo out >direction
# output low level
echo 0 >value
# output high level
echo 1 >value

There are a few things to note:

If the GPIO has been applied by other drivers, it cannot be exported successfully, and subsequent read and write operations cannot be performed.
Involving the multiplexing of IO functions, if the function of the pin is already GPIO, the above method can be used; otherwise, the pinctrl state must be specified in the device tree.

Generally speaking, if you want to easily operate a GPIO in the user layer, you can add it as a GPIO-LED in the device tree. Please refer to linux-linaro-stable/arch/arm64/boot/dts/bitmain/bm1684_firefly.dtsi for details.

Additionally, AIO-1684XQ has pre-registered 4 GPIOs available for direct user manipulation via dual-layered terminal blocks. _images/gpio.png

For example, to operate GPIO5:

# Set high
echo 1 >/sys/class/leds/GPIO5/brightness
# Set low
echo 0 >/sys/class/leds/GPIO5/brightness