mcp23017_input.py
# ! /usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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#	mcp23017_input.py
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#					May/29/2017
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import sys
import time
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from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
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def i2c_set_proc (command):
	try:
		p1 = Popen(command,shell=True,stdout=PIPE,stderr=PIPE)
		stdout_data, stderr_data = p1.communicate()
	except Exception as ee:
		sys.stderr.write("*** error *** in i2c_set_proc ***\n")
		sys.stderr.write(str (ee) + '\n')
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def i2c_get_proc (command):
	rvalue = ""
	try:
		p1 = Popen(command,shell=True,stdout=PIPE,stderr=PIPE)
		stdout_data, stderr_data = p1.communicate()
		rvalue = stdout_data.decode('utf-8')
	except Exception as ee:
		sys.stderr.write("*** error *** in i2c_get_proc ***\n")
		sys.stderr.write(str (ee) + '\n')
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	return	rvalue
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sys.stderr.write("*** start ***\n")
command = "i2cset -y 1 0x20 0x01 0xFF"
i2c_set_proc(command)
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command = "i2cset -y 1 0x20 0x0D 0xFF"
i2c_set_proc(command)
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command = "i2cget -y 1 0x20 0x13"
value=i2c_get_proc(command)
sys.stderr.write("value = " + value + "\n")
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sys.stderr.write("*** end ***\n")
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