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In this tutorial I show you how to hook up a pedal switch to your Pi without the need for any encoder. Using GPIOnext to assign a switch connected to the GPIO pins, the only hardware you need is the pedal switch itself and a couple of wires. I used some guitar jacks and an instrument cable to make the pedal easily removable, but that route is entirely optional. The important part of this video is the advice on how to install and use GPIOnext on your Pi.

Huge thanks to Arpie, a user from the Sinden Discord who told me about GPIOnext and how to use it to for this purpose. Hands down, this method beats any other to get a diy custom pedal setup running on your Pi - no need for any microcontrollers, arduino, zero-delay encoder, or anything - just hook up to the Pi and let the Pi do its thing.


Raspberry Pi GPIO pinout : https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html
GPIOnext on github : https://github.com/mholgatem/GPIOnext

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