GPIO access using python

Vaibhav,

Thanks for your post. There is nothing really TI specific here and thus is really beyond the scope of what we support.

You will likely use a GPIO to implement the switch. I would encourage you to look at the gpio-switch Linux interface which leverages sysfs to interact with switches from userspace. Once you can read the switch, or get an interrupt, running a python script should be pretty straightforward.

Our GPIO documentation is here:

http://software-dl.ti.com/processor-sdk-linux/esd/docs/05_00_00_15/linux/Foundational_Components_Kernel_Drivers.html#gpio

Or, you could leverage something like this that uses a python library for the whole exercise and should be a great reference for you:

https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/connecting-a-push-button-to-beaglebone-black.pdf

I hope this is helpful to you.