Using Hyperpixel with LED output / Button input about hyperpixel

[Gadgetoid]

Hyper Pixel uses two of the available pins as a software i2c bus (which shows up as /dev/i2c-2 iirc). If you can tap into these pins then you can connect pretty much any i2c sensor, expander or device you like.

See the pins marked "Touch Data" and "Touch Clock" here: https://pinout.xyz/pinout/hyperpixel

[dandrews7396]

@mikeparsons84 I would encourage you to check out the latest version of the gpiozero library by @bennuttall. Read more about it here: http://bennuttall.com/whats-new-gpio-zero-v1-4/

[bennuttall]

Definitely! GPIO Zero supports remote pins, so you can execute code which uses the hyperpixel directly, and controls devices connected to another Pi on the network.

From the docs:

• configuring remote gpio
• remote gpio examples
• pigpio pin reference

[lidense]

Hi, did you succeed in using gpios on an rpi running hyperpixel?
I like that screen because it has good contrast but would like to use a UPS at the same time to have safe shutdown etc. any suggestions?
Thanks
Dave