"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."
And then these are more "toy" or "test" applications to just play around with your blink(1):
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BlinkATweet -- Watch real-time Twitter stream for keywords, flash blink(1) when found. Download: (Mac OSX) / (Windows)
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Blink1ColorOrgan -- Sound-reactive program, music-to-color, instant disco! Download: (Mac OSX) / (Windows)
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Blink1ColorPicker -- Play with blink(1) select colors. Download: (Mac OSX), (Windows)
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Blink1Test0 -- a very simple random-color app. Download: (Mac OSX) / (Windows)
For script-writers, programmers and hackers, there's the command-line tool:
- blink1-tool -- command-line program for use in your own scripts. Download for: (Mac OSX) / (Windows) / (Linux64) / (RaspberryPi)
The following directories exist:
- docs -- documentation about APIs and such
- commandline -- blink1-lib C library and blink1-tool command-line tools
- java -- Java / Processing library
- processing -- Processing applications (http://processing.org)
- python -- Python APIs
- go -- Go library
- libraries -- libraries common to all systems (mostly just HTML app code)
- mac -- Mac OS X details and GUI control application
- mac/scripts -- command-line scripts to do cool things
- windows -- Windows details and GUI control application
- windows/Blink1Lib -- .NET library wrapping blink1-lib
- windows/ManagedBlink1 -- 100% .NET library
- windows/scripts -- Windows command-line scripts to do cool things
- linux -- Linux details and scripts
- linux/contrib -- contributed Linux scripts
- hardware -- all hardware-related info (firmware & schematic & enclosure)
Also see the wiki pages
blink(1) is open source hardware
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'blink(1)' is a trademark of ThingM Corporation
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