Blink1Control2

Blink1Control is the desktop 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 is the current version, written in Electron, Node.js, and React.

<img src="./docs/blink1control2-screenshot1.png" width="425"><img src="./docs/blink1control2-screenshot2.png" width="425">

Downloads

There are pre-built app downloads for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Raspberry Pi in the releases area.

• Download for Mac, Windows, Linux x86, and RaspberryPi

Setup steps (for development)

You will need a working C compiler setup for Node projects. You can find details for that here: https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid#compiling-from-source

Start a hot-reloading content server and the application:

npm install
npm run watch &
npm run startdev

Or to emulate a production run:

npm install        # installs all dependencies locally
npm run webpack    # packs app, there will be some warnings, ignore
npm run start      # starts the packaged app
npm run dist:draft # create relocatable app and installer(s), in "dist" dir

Linux:

Install udev rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-blink1.rules with contents:

SUBSYSTEM=="input", GROUP="input", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="27b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="01ed", MODE:="666", GROUP="plugdev"
KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="27b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="01ed", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

And install the rules with:

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Then unplug and replug the blink(1) device.

Install the following pre-requisites:

sudo apt install pkg-config libgnome-keyring-dev icnsutils xz-utils rpm bsdtar libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev

(see: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1407)

Raspberry Pi

As above for Linux, with a bit extra:

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends -y ruby-full bsdtar rpm libopenjp2-tools
sudo gem install fpm -v 1.10.1
export USE_SYSTEM_FPM="true"
npm install
npm run dist:raspi

Other info

• Publishing.md for info on publishing binaries
• NOTES.md for random behind-the-scenes thoughts