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 official 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 | | 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) |

See below for descriptions of each, 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

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

Also see the wiki pages

Copyright and License

blink(1) is open source hardware OSHW US000051

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

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

Blink1

Install / Use

README