S2,S5, and GPIO?

[samson241]

With no budget, and a new, inexperienced operator, what do i do with these?

[joan]

Nothing with S2 and S5 until the Foundation releases some compatible devices.

Gpio, your imagination is the limit. switches, LEDs, drive motors, read (digital, I2C, 1-wire, etc.) sensors

[samson241]

how would i use for examble, pyhton code to activate some of the pins? And how do i tell which pins are which? And how to use it as input sensor and collect data

[mahjongg]

I would start by reading the magpie magazines they have lots of starters for using the GPIO's, and its free!

[mahjongg]

S5 is for the newly to be released camera board, and S2 is for a planned interface board that will turn a raw LCD panel into a second independent screen for the PI.

[samson241]

yes, but how would i use python to gather info from sensor, or power an led or motor

[DirkS]

yes, but how would i use python to gather info from sensor, or power an led or motor

As mahjongg suggests: start with reading the GPIO / python articles in the MagPi mag (http://www.themagpi.com/)

Gr.
Dirk.