Raspberry Pi IoT In C - Pi 5 Memory Mapped GPIO
10 Jan | Ha

rry Fairhead

The Pi 5 isn't hardware compatible with the other versions of the Pi. If you want to use the GPIO lines or any of the peripherals directly you are going to have to resort to memory mapping. This is an extract from Raspberry Pi IoT in C, Third Edition.

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Author: Elena Rakhimov
Publisher: Oracle Press
Pages: 480
ISBN: 978-0138062835
Audience: Developers interested in Oracle PL/SQL
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

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