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Mistel_Panda
Mistel_Panda

Reputation: 11

How to test a RGBLED without Raspberry Pi connection?

I was working with gpiozero and wanted to use the MockFactory to debug on a local device without Raspberry Pi (4) connection. The last time I used the Mockfactory was with an gpiozero.LED object. But this time I used a gpiozero.RGBLED output device. When I run my Programm I get the following error: gpiozero.exc.PinPWMUnsupported

import gpiozero
from gpiozero.pins.mock import MockFactory

gpiozero.Device.pin_factory = MockFactory()
led = gpiozero.RGBLED(4, 3, 2)

I know that the MockFactory does not support PWM as stated in the documentation https://github.com/gpiozero/gpiozero/blob/master/gpiozero/pins/mock.py

A mock pin used primarily for testing. This class does not support PWM.

How would I implement this functionality in order to test my programm without a connection to the Raspberry Pi? Any help or pointers in the right direction are greatly appriciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 350

Answers (1)

Zylvian
Zylvian

Reputation: 82

As RGBs are inherently PWM (the amount of red, green and blue is controlled with PWM), this won't work.

What you could do is just create some dummy output based on the values you want. You didn't write your intention, but you could make the values you'd want your RGBLED to have, and just print them for debugging.

Let me know if you want any other tips!

Upvotes: 1

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