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title: "Raspberry PI GPIO sensor support"
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date: 2015-08-30 19:00
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The rpi_gpio sensor platform allows you to read sensor values of the GPIOs of your [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/).

To use your Raspberry Pi's GPIO in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: rpi_gpio
  pull_mode: "UP"
  value_high: "Active"
  value_low: "Inactive"
  ports:
    11: PIR Office
    12: PIR Bedroom
```

For more details about the GPIO layout, visit the Wikipedia [article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#GPIO_connector) about the Raspberry Pi.

<p class='note warning'>
If you are not running Raspbian Jessie, you will need to run Home Assistant as root.
</p>