blink1

blink(1) USB RGB LED

"blink(1) is a super status light: it packs three dimensions of information (color, brightness and pattern) into a single tiny package that fits into any USB port on nearly every device. It makes it incredibly easy to connect any data source in the cloud or on your computer to a full-color RGB LED so you can know what's happening without checking any windows, going to any websites or typing any commands." - Get a blink(1) at https://buy.thingm.com/

More technically, blink(1) is a Smart LED controller with built-in USB firmware. blink(1) has a huge range of support from the Linux kernel to Node.js.

The officially supported repositories for blink(1) software are:

repository	description
Blink1Control2	Graphical app for Mac / Windows / Linux
blink1-tool	Command-line tool, simple API server, and C-library for all platforms
blink1-python	Python library
node-blink1	Node.js library
blink1-java	Java and Processing library
blinkrs	Rust library
go-blink1	Go library
blink1-android	Android library
blink1-webhid	WebHID demos for blink(1)
blink1mk3	Hardware/firmware design for blink(1) mk3
blink1	Hardware/firmware design, misc docs & notes (this repo)

Other instructive examples:

repository	description
electron-blink1-toy	Simplest possible Electron app for controlling blink(1)
tauri-blink1-toy	Simplest possible Tauri/Rust app for controlling blink(1)

See each project for details, including APIs for languages not mentioned.

This repo used to house all blink(1)-related code, but is now a clearinghouse and links to official and supported blink(1) repositories.

Blink1Control2

Blink1Control2 is an application for controlling and hooking events to blink(1). It is the primary user-level application for controlling blink(1). It is an event-based system for triggering blink(1) color patterns. Those events can be on your computer or on the Net.

Blink1Control2 can receive events from:

• IFTTT's many channels
• IMAP/GMAIL email services
• Skype events
• URLs containing text or JSON
• Local files or executed scripts

Blink1Control2 has its own repository. More information at: https://github.com/todbot/Blink1Control2

Download Blink1Control2

• Mac OS X: https://github.com/todbot/Blink1Control2/releases
• Windows: https://github.com/todbot/Blink1Control2/releases

blink1-tool

blink1-tool is a C-based command-line for script-writers, programmers and hackers. It lives in the blink1-tool repo:

The repo contains several useful tools:

• blink1-tool -- command-line program for use in your own scripts
• blink1-tiny-server -- simple RESTish JSON API server for controlling blink(1)s
• blink1control-tool -- control blink(1) through Blink1Controll app as if with blink1-tool

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What is in this repo

Most code in this repo is deprecated but kept around for historical interest.

• docs -- Documentation of APIs and tips & tricks
• java -- Java / Processing library info
• processing -- Processing applications (https://processing.org)
• nodejs -- NodeJs library info
• python -- Python libraries (there are a couple to choose from)
• ruby -- Ruby APIs & Ruby Tools
• go -- Go library
• qt -- old Blink1Control1 Qt app
• mac -- Mac OS X details and old Blink1Control0 app
  • scripts -- command-line scripts to do cool things
• windows -- Windows and .NET details and old Blink1Control0 app
  • Blink1Lib -- .NET library wrapping blink1-lib
  • ManagedBlink1 -- 100% .NET library, supercedd by Sleddog.Blink1
  • scripts -- Windows command-line scripts to do cool things
• linux -- Linux details and scripts
  • contrib__ -- contributed Linux scripts
• chrome -- ChromeOS info
• hardware -- all hardware-related info (firmware & schematic & enclosure)

Useful docs

• blink1-tool usage
• app-url-api-examples
• app-url-api

Also see the wiki pages

Copyright and License

blink(1) is open source hardware OSHW US000051

Copyright (c) ThingM, 2012-2018

'blink(1)' is a trademark of ThingM Corporation

License: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/