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What is BLINK1 ?
The BLINK(1) is
a USB RGB LED notification light for PC.
Blink(1) can:
The HW is based on ATtiny45.
More info are here.
Blink(1) can:
- pulse when someone mentions you on Twitter
- glow red if your computer’s CPU is slammed
- flash when a web page has changed
- show the status of your continuous integration build
- display multiple information sources simultaneously
- work in parallel with as many other blink(1)s as you have USB ports
- …and hundreds of other things!
The HW is based on ATtiny45.
More info are here.
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How to install BLINK(1) CommandLine for LINUX
Download
from here your:
Source code (zip)
Unzip it and from terminal, go into the directory: /......./Blink1/blink1-1.98/commandline
Write: sudo su
and insert your password of the Super User.
Write: make OS=linux
at the end of the compilation, you must find this bin file: blink1-tool
For run this file write: ./blink1-tool
You must see something like below.
It is the list of the command that you have.
Try this sequence of commands:
The second command turn off BLINK1
And for finish try this command:
For
this tutorial we use this release.
Unzip it and from terminal, go into the directory: /......./Blink1/blink1-1.98/commandline
Write: sudo su
and insert your password of the Super User.
ATTENTION:
For
more info concerning the dependence for other OS (Linux Fedora,
FreeBSD, Win, etc) read the file: MAKE
It is presented in this directory:
/......./Blink1/blink1-1.98/commandline
It is presented in this directory:
/......./Blink1/blink1-1.98/commandline
Write: make OS=linux
at the end of the compilation, you must find this bin file: blink1-tool
For run this file write: ./blink1-tool
You must see something like below.
It is the list of the command that you have.
Usage:
blink1-tool <cmd> [options]
where <cmd> is one of:
--list List connected blink(1) devices
--rgb=<red>,<green>,<blue> Fade to RGB value
--rgb=[#]RRGGBB Fade to RGB value, as hex color code
--hsb=<hue>,<sat>,<bri> Fade to HSB value
--blink <numtimes> Blink on/off (use --rgb to blink a color)
--flash <numtimes> Flash on/off (same as blink)
--on | --white Turn blink(1) full-on white
--off Turn blink(1) off
--red Turn blink(1) red
--green Turn blink(1) green
--blue Turn blink(1) blue
--cyan Turn blink(1) cyan (green + blue)
--magenta Turn blink(1) magenta (red + blue)
--yellow Turn blink(1) yellow (red + green)
--rgbread Read last RGB color sent (post gamma-correction)
--setpattline <pos> Write pattern RGB val at pos (--rgb/hsb to set)
--getpattline <pos> Read pattern RGB value at pos
--savepattern Save color pattern to flash (mk2)
--play <1/0,pos> Start playing color sequence (at pos)
--play <1/0,start,end,cnt> Playing color sequence sub-loop (mk2)
--playpattern <patternstr> Play Blink1Control pattern string
--servertickle <1/0>[,1/0] Turn on/off servertickle (w/on/off, uses -t msec)
--chase, --chase=<num,start,stop> Multi-LED chase effect. <num>=0 runs forever.
--random, --random=<num> Flash a number of random colors, num=1 if omitted
--glimmer, --glimmer=<num> Glimmer a color with --rgb (num times)
Nerd functions: (not used normally)
--eeread <addr> Read an EEPROM byte from blink(1)
--eewrite <addr>,<val> Write an EEPROM byte to blink(1)
--fwversion Display blink(1) firmware version
--version Display blink1-tool version info
and [options] are:
-d dNums --id all|deviceIds Use these blink(1) ids (from --list)
-g -nogamma Disable autogamma correction
-m ms, --millis=millis Set millisecs for color fading (default 300)
-q, --quiet Mutes all stdout output (supercedes --verbose)
-t ms, --delay=millis Set millisecs between events (default 500)
-l <led>, --led=<led> Set which LED in a mk2 to use, 0=all,1=top,2=bottom
-l 1,3,5,7 Can also specify list of LEDs to light
-v, --verbose verbose debugging msgs
Examples
blink1-tool -m 100 --rgb=255,0,255 # fade to #FF00FF in 0.1 seconds
blink1-tool -t 2000 --random=100 # every 2 seconds new random color
blink1-tool --ledn 2 --random=100 # random colors on both LEDs
blink1-tool --rgb 0xff,0x00,0x00 --blink 3 # blink red 3 times
blink1-tool --rgb #FF9900 # make blink1 pumpkin orange
blink1-tool --rgb FF9900 --ledn 2 # make blink1 pumpkin orange on lower LED
blink1-tool --playpattern "10,#ff00ff,0.1,0,#00ff00,0.1,0"
blink1-tool --chase=5,3,18 # chase 5 times, on leds 3-18
Notes
- To blink a color with specific timing, specify 'blink' command last:
blink1-tool -t 200 -m 100 --rgb ff00ff --blink 5
- If using several blink(1)s, use '-d all' or '-d 0,2' to select 1st,3rd:
blink1-tool -d all -t 50 -m 50 -rgb 00ff00 --blink 10
blink1-tool <cmd> [options]
where <cmd> is one of:
--list List connected blink(1) devices
--rgb=<red>,<green>,<blue> Fade to RGB value
--rgb=[#]RRGGBB Fade to RGB value, as hex color code
--hsb=<hue>,<sat>,<bri> Fade to HSB value
--blink <numtimes> Blink on/off (use --rgb to blink a color)
--flash <numtimes> Flash on/off (same as blink)
--on | --white Turn blink(1) full-on white
--off Turn blink(1) off
--red Turn blink(1) red
--green Turn blink(1) green
--blue Turn blink(1) blue
--cyan Turn blink(1) cyan (green + blue)
--magenta Turn blink(1) magenta (red + blue)
--yellow Turn blink(1) yellow (red + green)
--rgbread Read last RGB color sent (post gamma-correction)
--setpattline <pos> Write pattern RGB val at pos (--rgb/hsb to set)
--getpattline <pos> Read pattern RGB value at pos
--savepattern Save color pattern to flash (mk2)
--play <1/0,pos> Start playing color sequence (at pos)
--play <1/0,start,end,cnt> Playing color sequence sub-loop (mk2)
--playpattern <patternstr> Play Blink1Control pattern string
--servertickle <1/0>[,1/0] Turn on/off servertickle (w/on/off, uses -t msec)
--chase, --chase=<num,start,stop> Multi-LED chase effect. <num>=0 runs forever.
--random, --random=<num> Flash a number of random colors, num=1 if omitted
--glimmer, --glimmer=<num> Glimmer a color with --rgb (num times)
Nerd functions: (not used normally)
--eeread <addr> Read an EEPROM byte from blink(1)
--eewrite <addr>,<val> Write an EEPROM byte to blink(1)
--fwversion Display blink(1) firmware version
--version Display blink1-tool version info
and [options] are:
-d dNums --id all|deviceIds Use these blink(1) ids (from --list)
-g -nogamma Disable autogamma correction
-m ms, --millis=millis Set millisecs for color fading (default 300)
-q, --quiet Mutes all stdout output (supercedes --verbose)
-t ms, --delay=millis Set millisecs between events (default 500)
-l <led>, --led=<led> Set which LED in a mk2 to use, 0=all,1=top,2=bottom
-l 1,3,5,7 Can also specify list of LEDs to light
-v, --verbose verbose debugging msgs
Examples
blink1-tool -m 100 --rgb=255,0,255 # fade to #FF00FF in 0.1 seconds
blink1-tool -t 2000 --random=100 # every 2 seconds new random color
blink1-tool --ledn 2 --random=100 # random colors on both LEDs
blink1-tool --rgb 0xff,0x00,0x00 --blink 3 # blink red 3 times
blink1-tool --rgb #FF9900 # make blink1 pumpkin orange
blink1-tool --rgb FF9900 --ledn 2 # make blink1 pumpkin orange on lower LED
blink1-tool --playpattern "10,#ff00ff,0.1,0,#00ff00,0.1,0"
blink1-tool --chase=5,3,18 # chase 5 times, on leds 3-18
Notes
- To blink a color with specific timing, specify 'blink' command last:
blink1-tool -t 200 -m 100 --rgb ff00ff --blink 5
- If using several blink(1)s, use '-d all' or '-d 0,2' to select 1st,3rd:
blink1-tool -d all -t 50 -m 50 -rgb 00ff00 --blink 10
Try this sequence of commands:
./blink1-tool --red
./blink1-tool --off
The first command turn on BLINK
1 in red./blink1-tool --off
The second command turn off BLINK1
And for finish try this command:
./blink1-tool -t 100 --random=20; ./blink1-tool --off