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blinking an LED with Raspberry Pi. LED is connected on pin 18 (GPIO5)
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testGPIO.py
# blinking an LED with Raspberry Pi. LED is connected on pin 18 (GPIO5)
#
# run this as:
# sudo python test.py
#
# electronut.in
import time
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
GPIO.setup(18, GPIO.OUT)
while True:
try:
GPIO.output(18, True)
time.sleep(0.5)
GPIO.output(18, False)
time.sleep(0.5)
except:
print 'exiting...'
# off
GPIO.output(18, False)
break
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