Configure a numato board

Configure a numato board to integrate Numato GPIO Peripheral Modules into your robot:

Navigate to the Config tab of your robot’s page in the Viam app. Click on the Components subtab and navigate to the Create component menu. Enter a name for your board, select the type board, and select the numato model.

Click Create component.

An example configuration for a numato board in the Viam app Config Builder.

Edit and fill in the attributes as applicable.

{
  "components": [
    {
      "name": "<your-numato-board>",
      "type": "board",
      "model": "numato",
      "attributes": {
        "pins": <number>,
        "analogs": [
          {
            "name": "<your-analog>",
            "pin": "<number>",
            "spi_bus": "<your-spi-bus-name>",
            "chip_select": "<number>"
          }
        ]
      },
      "depends_on": []
    }
  ]
}

The following attributes are available for numato boards:

NameTypeInclusionDescription
pinsintRequiredNumber of GPIO pins available on the module.
analogsobjectRequiredAttributes of any pins that can be used as inputs for the module’s internal analog-to-digital converter (ADC). See configuration info here.


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