@cameronhunter/blinkstick

Blickstick API for Node.js

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README

BlinkStick Node

BlinkStick Node provides an interface to control Blinkstick devices connected to your computer with Node.js.

What is BlinkStick? It's a smart USB-controlled LED device. More info about it here:

http://www.blinkstick.com

Resources

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Libusb for Mac OSX and Linux

Requirements for Mac OSX

Install Node with npm and libusb using homebrew:

gt; brew install node
gt; brew install libusb

Requirements for Windows

Install Node for Windows and make sure it's added to your PATH environment variable.

Requirements for Linux

gt; sudo apt-get install libusb nodejs npm

Raspberry Pi

The apt repositories keep a very old version of NodeJS. Please install the Node ARM Binaries from the official site. Run the following command to confirm the architecture of your Raspberry Pi.

gt; uname -m

Addionally, you will need to install libudev-dev rather than libusb.

gt; sudo apt-get install libudev-dev -y

Install BlinkStick node module

Install using npm:

gt; npm install blinkstick

Getting started

var blinkstick = require('blinkstick');

To get the first blinkstick on your system:

var device = blinkstick.findFirst();

To set the color:

led.blink('random', function(){
    led.pulse('random', function(){
        led.setColor('red', function(){
        });
    });
});

More details and examples available in the wiki:

https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-node/wiki

Permission problems

If you get an error message on Linux:

Error: LIBUSB_ERROR_ACCESS

Please run the following command and restart your computer:

echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"usb\", ATTR{idVendor}==\"20a0\", ATTR{idProduct}==\"41e5\", MODE:=\"0666\"" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/85-blinkstick.rules

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Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2014 Agile Innovative Ltd and contributors

Released under MIT license.