blinkstick

Blinkstick SDK & CLI

SDK and CLI for BlinkStick

/!\ Work in progress.

Download

See https://github.com/yesnault/blinkstick/releases

Supported device

• Blinckstick Nano
• Blinckstick Flex
• Blinckstick Strip & Square

Usage

Main Menu

$blink
Blink - Command Line for Blinkstick

Usage:
  blink [command]

Available Commands:
  color       Color list
  device      device <command>
  flex        flex <command>
  nano        nano <command>
  strip       strip <command>
  update      Update blink to the latest release version: blink update
  version     Display Version of blink: blink version

Flags:
      --log-level string   Log Level : debug, info or warn

Use "blink [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Nano

Example:

$ blink nano --help
  nano <command>

  Usage:
    blink nano [flags]
    blink nano [command]

  Available Commands:
    color       Color a blinkstick nano: blink nano color [<color>] [--brightness=n] [--top=<color>] [--bottom=<color>] [--serial=s] [--duration=n] [--repeats=n] [--blink]
    list        List all blinkstick nano

$blink nano color --help
  Color a blinkstick nano:

  Set the same color for both led with 50% brightness :
    blink nano color orange --brightness 50

  Set a color for bottom Led and another for top Led:
    blink nano color --bottom red --top green

  Examples:
   blink nano color --top purple --brightness 1
   blink nano color --bottom red --brightness 100
   blink nano color green --brightness 12
   blink nano color --serial BS008173-3.0 --duration=500 --repeats=10 --brightness 30 --blink --bottom red

  Turn off light:
    blink nano color black

  Usage:
    blink nano color [flags]

  Flags:
        --blink            Blink LED
        --bottom string    Color for botton led
        --brightness int   Limit the brightness of the color 0..100 (default 1)
        --duration int     Set duration of transition in milliseconds (use with --blink) (default 100)
        --repeats int      Number of repetitions (use with --blink) (default 10)
        --serial string    Select device by serial number. If unspecified, action will be performed on all BlinkSticks Strip
        --top string       Color for top led: blink nano color red

Flex

Example:

$ blink flex --help
  flex <command>

  Usage:
    blink flex [flags]
    blink flex [command]

  Available Commands:
    color       Color a blinkstick flex: blink flex color [<color>] [--brightness=n] [--led=n] [--serial=s] [--duration=n] [--repeats=n] [--blink]
    list        List all blinkstick flex

$ blink flex color --help
  Color a blinkstick flex:

  Set the same color for all leds with 50% brightness :
    blink flex color orange --brightness 50

  Color led 0 and 7
   blink flex color red --led 0 --led 7

  Examples:
   blink flex color powderblue
   blink flex color powderblue --brightness 60 --blink --repeats 1
   blink flex color ghostwhite --led 0 --led 2 --led 3 --led 5 --led 7 --led 11 --led 13 --led 17 --led 19 --led 23 --led 29 --led 31

  Turn off light:
    blink flex color black

  Usage:
    blink flex color [flags]

  Flags:
        --blink            Blink LED
        --brightness int   Limit the brightness of the color 0..100 (default 10)
        --duration int     Set duration of transition in milliseconds (use with --blink) (default 100)
        --led intSlice     Led to manipulate: 0..7. If unspecified, action will be performed on all leds
        --repeats int      Number of repetitions (use with --blink) (default 10)
        --serial string    Select device by serial number. If unspecified, action will be performed on all BlinkSticks Flex

Strip & Square

Idem as flex, but max led is 7.

$ blink strip --help
  strip <command>

  Usage:
    blink strip [flags]
    blink strip [command]

  Available Commands:
    color       Color a blinkstick strip: blink strip color [<color>] [--brightness=n] [--serial=s] [--duration=n] [--repeats=n] [--blink]
    list        List all blinkstick strip

$ blink strip color --help
  Color a blinkstick strip:

  Set the same color for all leds with 50% brightness :
    blink flex color orange --brightness 50

  Color led 0 and 7
   blink flex color red --led 0 --led 7

  Examples:
   blink flex color powderblue
   blink flex color powderblue --brightness 60 --blink --repeats 1
   blink flex color ghostwhite --led 0 --led 2 --led 3 --led 5 --led 7

  Turn off light:
    blink flex color black

  Usage:
    blink strip color [flags]

  Flags:
        --blink            Blink LED
        --brightness int   Limit the brightness of the color 0..100 (default 10)
        --color string     Color for top and bottom led: blink strip color red
        --duration int     Set duration of transition in milliseconds (use with --blink) (default 100)
        --led intSlice     Led to manipulate: 0..7. If unspecified, action will be performed on all leds
        --repeats int      Number of repetitions (use with --blink) (default 10)
        --serial string    Select device by serial number. If unspecified, action will be performed on all BlinkSticks Strip

Color

for i in `./blink color list`; do echo $i && ./blink flex color $i; done;

Hacking

• $GOPATH/src/github.com/yesnault/blinkstick contains SDK
• $GOPATH/src/github.com/yesnault/blinkstick/cli/blink contains CLI

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/yesnault
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/yesnault
git clone git@github.com:yesnault/blinkstick.git
cd blinkstick
go install ./...
blink version

You've developed a new cool feature? Fixed an annoying bug? We'd be happy to hear from you! Make sure to read CONTRIBUTING.md before.

License

This work is under the BSD license, see the LICENSE file for details.