Cheers for the heads up, upon inspection it looks like the direction file is missing for pin 8, pretty strange.. perhaps the helper should create the file if it doesn't already exist?

Hey @Dan-L , finally got some components to play around with!

Although I'm getting the following error when trying to read the input of a button using your helper, fast-gpio read 8 works perfectly though, any ideas?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "script", line 19, in <module>
    button_input = helper.getPin(8)
  File "/root/first_script/gpiohelper.py", line 26, in getPin
    fd = open(self.pinDirectionPath.replace("$", str(pin)), 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sys/class/gpio/gpio8/direction'

Hi,

I think the switch on my mini dock is broken?

The component looks the same as the one on the expansion dock, but doesn't have the actual switch part.

@Theodore-Borromeo, @Boken-Lin - When you guys get this sorted out, do you mind pinging me with install details?

Awesome cheers for this, I've got some leds/buttons on their way and have been looking for something like this as a starting point!