new objects
diff --git a/objects/openbmc_utilities.c b/objects/openbmc_utilities.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d03fdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/objects/openbmc_utilities.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <argp.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+
+#include "interfaces/power_control.h"
+#include "objects/openbmc_utilities.h"
+
+void gpio_writec(GPIO* gpio, char value)
+{
+	char buf[1];
+	buf[0] = value;
+	if (write(gpio->fd, buf, 1) != 1)
+	{
+		//TODO: error handling
+		printf("Write error\n");
+	} 
+}
+
+void gpio_write(GPIO* gpio, uint8_t value)
+{
+	char buf[1];
+	buf[0] = '0';
+	if (value==1)
+	{
+		buf[0]='1';
+	} 
+	if (write(gpio->fd, buf, 1) != 1)
+	{
+		//TODO: error handling
+		printf("write error\n");
+	} 
+}
+
+uint8_t gpio_read(GPIO* gpio)
+{
+	char buf[1];
+	if (read(gpio->fd,&buf,1) != 1)
+	{
+		//TODO: error hjandling
+		printf("read error\n");
+	}
+	if (buf[0]=='1') {
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;	
+
+}
+void gpio_clock_cycle(GPIO* gpio, int num_clks) {
+        int i=0;
+        for (i=0;i<num_clks;i++) {
+                gpio_writec(gpio,'0');
+                gpio_writec(gpio,'1');
+        }
+}
+
+// Gets the gpio device path from gpio manager object
+void gpio_init(GDBusConnection *connection, GPIO* gpio)
+{
+	GDBusProxy *proxy;
+	GError *error;
+	GVariant *result;
+
+	error = NULL;
+	g_assert_no_error (error);
+	error = NULL;
+	proxy = g_dbus_proxy_new_sync (connection,
+                                 G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                 NULL,                      /* GDBusInterfaceInfo */
+                                 "org.openbmc.managers.Gpios", /* name */
+                                 "/org/openbmc/managers/Gpios", /* object path */
+                                 "org.openbmc.managers.Gpios",        /* interface */
+                                 NULL, /* GCancellable */
+                                 &error);
+	g_assert_no_error (error);
+
+	result = g_dbus_proxy_call_sync (proxy,
+                                   "init",
+                                   g_variant_new ("(s)", gpio->name),
+                                   G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                   -1,
+                                   NULL,
+                                   &error);
+  
+	g_assert_no_error (error);
+	g_assert (result != NULL);
+	g_variant_get (result, "(&si&s)", &gpio->dev,&gpio->num,&gpio->direction);
+	g_print("GPIO Lookup:  %s = %d,%s\n",gpio->name,gpio->num,gpio->direction);
+	
+	//export and set direction
+	char dev[254];
+	char data[4];
+	sprintf(dev,"%s/export",gpio->dev);
+	int fd = open(dev, O_WRONLY);
+	sprintf(data,"%d",gpio->num);
+	write(fd,data,strlen(data));
+	close(fd);
+
+	sprintf(dev,"%s/gpio%d/direction",gpio->dev,gpio->num);
+	fd = open(dev,O_WRONLY);
+	write(fd,gpio->direction,strlen(gpio->direction));
+	close(fd);
+
+
+}
+int gpio_open(GPIO* gpio)
+{
+	// open gpio for writing or reading
+	char buf[254];
+	if (strcmp(gpio->direction,"in")==0)
+	{
+		sprintf(buf, "%s/gpio%d/value", gpio->dev, gpio->num);
+		gpio->fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		sprintf(buf, "%s/gpio%d/value", gpio->dev, gpio->num);
+		gpio->fd = open(buf, O_WRONLY);
+
+	}
+	if (gpio->fd == -1)
+	{
+		printf("error opening: %s\n",buf);
+	}
+	return gpio->fd;
+}
+
+void gpio_close(GPIO* gpio)
+{
+	close(gpio->fd);
+}