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Raspberry Pi 5 (switch platform error)

Switches · Lighting

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1 report: 1 says it doesn’t work.

Reported with 1 integration: Raspberry Pi GPIO.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Raspberry Pi GPIONot working LocalSetup error on Pi 5; closed stale, needs lgpio
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ha-rpi_gpio is not working with Raspberry Pi 5. 2023-12-20 18:58:30.841 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.switch] Error while setting up rpi_gpio platform for switch Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py", line 361, in _async_setup_platform await asyncio.shield(task) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run result = self.fn(*self.args, self.kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/config/custom_components/rpi_gpio/switch.py", line 69, in setup_platform RPiGPIOSwitch( …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #225 · 2023-12

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In ReReHome

Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandRaspberry Pi
Model5
CategorySwitches