Release

Author: Brian Hines

CHANGES.txt

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ v0.0.10, 2015-01-05 -- Add get_config for all pins.
 v0.0.11, 2015-01-05 -- Update project page URL.
 v0.0.12, 2015-01-07 -- Update RPi.GPIO to 0.5.9.
 v1.0.0, 2015-02-19 -- Events handler gets passed instance of GPIO for use in callbacks.
+v1.1.0, 2015-03-02 -- Add a variety of helpful classes.

pi_pin_manager/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from pins import (
     PinManager,
+    GPIOHelper,
     SinglePinWatcher,
     MultiplePinWatcher,
     PinConfigurationError,

pi_pin_manager/pins.py

@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ def start(self):
             self.cleanup()
 
 
+class GPIOHelper(GPIOConfig, GPIOActions):
+    """This is a helper class that will configure GPIO from a file or dictionary.
+    After that you have direct access to the RPi.GPIO module using the 'gpio'
+    property. The rest is up to you."""
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super(GPIOHelper, self).__init__(config=config)
+        self._initialize_gpio()
+        self._initialize_pins()
+        self.gpio = self._gpio
+
+    def _initialize_pins(self):
+        for pin_num, pin_options in self._pin_config.items():
+            self._setup_pin(pin_num, pin_options)
+
+
 class PinManager(object):
 
     def __init__(self, config_file=None, config_dict=None, event_handlers=None):

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='Pi-Pin-Manager',
-    version='1.0.0',
+    version='1.1.0',
     author='Brian Hines',
     author_email='brian@projectweekend.net',
     packages=['pi_pin_manager'],