EdgeX Device GPIO is a device service for connecting GPIO devices to EdgeX.
** Functionality **
This device service uses sysfs ABI (default) or chardev ABI (experiment) to control GPIO devices For a connected GPIO device, update the configuration files, and then start to read or write data from GPIO device
Enable snaps on Pop!_OS and install edgex-device-gpio
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on Pop!_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install edgex-device-gpio
To install edgex-device-gpio, simply use the following command: