Hello, I wanted to ask how to properly install the library into my xojo project. I am having trouble doing that, thus getting errors because my library doesnt seem to be installed correctly.
What exactly have you tried? What is the result?
Sorry for the late response, I tried this : GitHub - UBogun/Xojo-pigpio: A Xojo library for pigpio features in Raspberry Pi projects
Then I added it like this:
Just Drag and Dropped it in.
I still get the following errors:
I just checked the pigpio library and it says I can download a different version, I want to use Eugene’s version as I am currently using his book to make my DC motors work.
Thus, now I downloaded
https://github.com/eugenedakin/pigpio-GPIO
And when I drag and drop it. It comes out like this:
And still gives me the same errors
Seems to Debug Build here ok
Maybe you can upload a small test project showing the errors
These are the errors I am getting, like its not recognizing the library at all.
This is the code:
I am Trying to follow Eugene’s book to help with my DC motors
Hello Carla,
Lets try and see if the configuration is setup correctly. Please reboot the Raspberry Pi.
In a terminal on the Raspberry Pi please type the following command: sudo systemctl status pigpiod
The terminal should have a line that says active (running) in a green colour.
WAIT, so this code should only be running on the pi? not on the IDE?
like the wiringpi ?
You compile the file on a Windows or Mac machine first. One option is then to copy the binary file and libraries to the Raspberry Pi, and then run the program on the Raspberry Pi.
Can I tested it through the debugger? Since the license is too expensive for me
The good news is that a Raspberry Pi license is free. Please create a new account so that you can compile a free Raspberry Pi project.
Free is nice 
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Alright I now have the license, but I don’t think its building. I pressed build and it made this :
So I copied this to a USB and when i put it on the raspberry PI it comes out as " Linux ARM"
Not to mention that when i check the build application on my windows it is simply states that it is empty, is this normal?
I checked if my piggpio on my raspberry pi is working, and it is ! I didn’t have it enabled at first, but now it is enabled, and its active and running. Comes out just like your screenshot !
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Lets build a simple program to make sure that the configuration is correct. Its just a simple LED blinking example.
- Go to the unzipped folder in the book, and load Example05-02-API2.xojo_binary_project.
- Press build and a binary and folder with the name Example5-2 should be built.
- Copy the file and folder to the desktop of the raspberry pi
- open a terminal to the desktop of the raspberry pi and go to the desktop directory in the terminal
- In the terminal, type sudo chmod +x Example5-2 (this gives the binary permission to run)
- type sudo ./Example5-2 to run the program
Let me know if you have a window appear on the Raspberry Pi
Well I did it with Example 05-03 and it opens the window…
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Is it fine that the command worked to give it permission, but to run it , it wasn’t working. So I just pressed on the executable file. That should still be fine right? I mean its working
Right now I want to make your example work with my motors instead. If I can make your example work, then I can built off that. However, in your DC motor example, you do not use any enable pins. I am using a driver and it needs enable pins how would that modification look?
There are a few ways to make enable pins, 1) which could be either a physical connection to an outer power source to a relay for power, or 2) a logical check in programming with one pin as an input and another pin as an output. Please place a resistor between the input and output to prevent burning out the input pin. Programming in Xojo would check for a signal from the input pin, and if there is a signal then a signal would be supplied to control the motor.
What type of DC motor is being used: 1) DC motor, or 2) DC motor with PWM, or 3) Stepper motor?
A DC motor with PMW, we are using the L298N driver.
I am trying to do something like this:
Because on python we have something like:
Except of course using the buttons, like in your format.