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How can I make my LED flashing while executing the rest of the code, I want to make some leds flash while my program executes the rest of the code?










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      How can I make my LED flashing while executing the rest of the code, I want to make some leds flash while my program executes the rest of the code?










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      How can I make my LED flashing while executing the rest of the code, I want to make some leds flash while my program executes the rest of the code?







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          I assume you are talking about the "on-board", or "built-in" LEDs, and not an "add-on" LED being controlled from a GPIO pin. If that's the case, you might try incorporating the following into your code:



          For the PWR (power) LED, you can turn it off like this:



          echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  


          turn it on like this:



          echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  





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          • I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
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            @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
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            2 hours ago



















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          It seems you are looking to execute two parts of your script at the same time. One part is controlling the flashing of the leds, the other part is executing the rest of the code. This can be done with multi threading or multi processing in python. Look at python3 threading — Thread-based parallelism and python3 multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism.






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            I assume you are talking about the "on-board", or "built-in" LEDs, and not an "add-on" LED being controlled from a GPIO pin. If that's the case, you might try incorporating the following into your code:



            For the PWR (power) LED, you can turn it off like this:



            echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  


            turn it on like this:



            echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  





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            • I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
              – Andreas Paxih
              2 hours ago






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              @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
              – Seamus
              2 hours ago
















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            I assume you are talking about the "on-board", or "built-in" LEDs, and not an "add-on" LED being controlled from a GPIO pin. If that's the case, you might try incorporating the following into your code:



            For the PWR (power) LED, you can turn it off like this:



            echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  


            turn it on like this:



            echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  





            share|improve this answer





















            • I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
              – Andreas Paxih
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
              – Seamus
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            I assume you are talking about the "on-board", or "built-in" LEDs, and not an "add-on" LED being controlled from a GPIO pin. If that's the case, you might try incorporating the following into your code:



            For the PWR (power) LED, you can turn it off like this:



            echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  


            turn it on like this:



            echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  





            share|improve this answer












            I assume you are talking about the "on-board", or "built-in" LEDs, and not an "add-on" LED being controlled from a GPIO pin. If that's the case, you might try incorporating the following into your code:



            For the PWR (power) LED, you can turn it off like this:



            echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  


            turn it on like this:



            echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness  






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            • I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
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              @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
              – Seamus
              2 hours ago


















            • I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
              – Andreas Paxih
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
              – Seamus
              2 hours ago
















            I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
            – Andreas Paxih
            2 hours ago




            I am talking about the add on LEDs from GPIO pins, thank you anyway
            – Andreas Paxih
            2 hours ago




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            @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
            – Seamus
            2 hours ago




            @AndreasPaxih: OK, there are lots and lots and lots of examples available that show how to do this. Why not pick one, and try it? If you hit a snag, that's what we're here for - what we're NOT here for is to search for information for you. Please take The Tour, and read how to ask a good question
            – Seamus
            2 hours ago













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            It seems you are looking to execute two parts of your script at the same time. One part is controlling the flashing of the leds, the other part is executing the rest of the code. This can be done with multi threading or multi processing in python. Look at python3 threading — Thread-based parallelism and python3 multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism.






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              It seems you are looking to execute two parts of your script at the same time. One part is controlling the flashing of the leds, the other part is executing the rest of the code. This can be done with multi threading or multi processing in python. Look at python3 threading — Thread-based parallelism and python3 multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism.






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                It seems you are looking to execute two parts of your script at the same time. One part is controlling the flashing of the leds, the other part is executing the rest of the code. This can be done with multi threading or multi processing in python. Look at python3 threading — Thread-based parallelism and python3 multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism.






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                It seems you are looking to execute two parts of your script at the same time. One part is controlling the flashing of the leds, the other part is executing the rest of the code. This can be done with multi threading or multi processing in python. Look at python3 threading — Thread-based parallelism and python3 multiprocessing — Process-based parallelism.







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