ByronAP
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So, the other day I was annoyed doing some debugging and started looking at data acquisition devices and other ways of adding GPIO to a PC. The ones that did what I wanted were crazy expensive, 50k+ USD for a complete expandable setup with 40+ pins and the API is annoying CSV based. I started looking at alternatives and found some old stuff on using a Raspberry Pi but GPIO on a Pi is ehhh at best. Right in front of me on my desk was a bunch of microcontrollers so I said why not and got to work. A few days and some head scratching later I present my PC GPIO project, https://github.com/ByronAP/PCGPIO , I tried to support as much functionality as I could in what little time I have spent on it so far. LED strip control is basic at best and there is still a lot to do and optimize but hey maybe someone else will find it a useful tool. Enjoy ByronAP