DigitalOut

public final class DigitalOut

The DigitalOut class is used to set a High or Low voltage output to a digital output pin. An initiation is required before using the member functions of this class.

Attention

The driving capability of the digital output pins is not very strong. It is meant to be a SIGNAL output and is not capable of driving a device requires large current.

Example: Reverse the output value on a digital output pin

import SwiftIO

// Initiate a DigitalOut to Pin 0.
let pin = DigitalOut(Id.D0)

// Reverse the output value every 1 second.
while true {
    pin.toggle()
    sleep(ms: 1000)
}

or

import SwiftIO

// Initiate a DigitalOut to the onboard green LED.
let greenLED = DigitalOut(Id.GREEN)
​
// Toggle the output of the pin every 1 second using another member function.
while true {
    greenLED.write(true)
    sleep(ms: 1000)
    greenLED.write(false)
    sleep(ms: 1000)
}

  • Initialize a DigitalOut to a specific output pin.

    Usage Example

    // The most simple way of initiating a pin D0, with all other parameters set to default.
let outputPin0 = DigitalOut(Id.D0)
​
// Initialize the pin D1 with the output mode openDrain.
let outputPin1 = DigitalOut(Id.D1, mode: .openDrain)
​
// Initialize the pin D2 with a High voltage output.
let outputPin2 = DigitalOut(Id.D2, value: true)

// Initialize the pin D3 with the openDrain mode and a High voltage output.
let outputPin3 = DigitalOut(Id.D3, mode: .openDrain, value: true)

    Declaration

    Swift

    public init(_ id: IdName,
            mode: Mode = .pushPull,
            value: Bool = false)

    Parameters

    id

    REQUIRED The name of output pin. Reference the Id enumerate.
    mode

    OPTIONAL The output mode of the pin. .pushPull by default.
    value

    OPTIONAL The output value after initiation. false by default.

  • Return the current output mode in a format of DigitalOut.Mode enumerate.

    Usage Example

    let pin = DigitalOut(Id.D0)
if pin.getMode() == .pushPull {
   //do something
}

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func getMode() -> Mode

    Return Value

    The current mode: .pushPull or .openDrain.

  • Change the output mode.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func setMode(_ mode: Mode)

    Parameters

    mode

    The output mode: .pushPull or .openDrain.

  • Set the output value of the specific pin: true for high voltage and false for low voltage.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inline(__always)
public func write(_ value: Bool)

    Parameters

    value

    The output value: trueor false.

  • Reverse the current output value of the specific pin.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inline(__always)
public func toggle()

  • Get the current output value in Boolean format.

    Attention

    The return value of this function has nothing to do with the actual output of the pin. For example, a pin is set to true but it is short to ground. The actual pin voltage would be low. This function will still return true despite of the actual low output, since this pin is set to HIGH.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func getValue() -> Bool

    Return Value

    true or false of the logic value.

  • The Mode enumerate includes the available output modes. The default output mode in most cases is pushPull. The pushPull mode enables the digital pin to output high and low voltage levels while the open-drain output cannot truly output a high level.

    See more

    Declaration

    Swift

    public enum Mode : UInt8