[How to do instruction] use lcdup to drive indicator LEDs

[Britracer]

I built a headless music player for the bedroom [will post details later] and wanted to illuminate the volume dial when the player was on.  I used lcdup.py to control the GPIO to drive the LED.  You can also use this to indicate the status of random / repeat on the player.

here is the script I used



import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time;
import os;
import subprocess;

# Use SoC pin numbering
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setwarnings(False)
GPIO.setup(27, GPIO.OUT)


with open("/var/local/www/currentsong.txt") as file1:
    with open("/home/pi/lcd.txt", "w") as file2:
        for line in file1:
            file2.write(line)

cmd1 = "mpc | head -2 | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'"
process = subprocess.Popen(cmd1, stdout=subprocess.PIPE , shell=True)
os.waitpid(process.pid, 0)[1]
mpc_state = process.stdout.read().strip()
if mpc_state  == "[playing]":
     GPIO.output(27,1)
else:
     GPIO.output(27,0)

[CallMeMike]

Nice cosmetic mod... :-)

Probably there's a better location for this 'Know How' post like << FAQ and GUIDES >> section... there's a much larger audience in that section for all kinds of mods and configurations.