|Blinkt!| https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/blinkt
Eight super-bright RGB LED indicators, ideal for adding visual
notifications to your Raspberry Pi on their own or on a pHAT stacking
header.
Installing
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Full install (recommended):
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We've created an easy installation script that will install all
pre-requisites and get your Blinkt! up and running with minimal efforts.
To run it, fire up Terminal which you'll find in Menu -> Accessories ->
Terminal on your Raspberry Pi desktop, as illustrated below:
.. figure:: http://get.pimoroni.com/resources/github-repo-terminal.png
:alt: Finding the terminal
In the new terminal window type the command exactly as it appears below
(check for typos) and follow the on-screen instructions:
.. code:: bash
curl https://get.pimoroni.com/blinkt | bash
Alternatively, on Raspbian, you can download the ``pimoroni-dashboard``
and install your product by browsing to the relevant entry:
.. code:: bash
sudo apt-get install pimoroni
(you will find the Dashboard under 'Accessories' too, in the Pi menu -
or just run ``pimoroni-dashboard`` at the command line)
If you choose to download examples you'll find them in
``/home/pi/Pimoroni/blinkt/``.
Manual install:
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Library install for Python 3:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
on Raspbian:
.. code:: bash
sudo apt-get install python3-blinkt
other environments:
.. code:: bash
sudo pip3 install blinkt
Library install for Python 2:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
on Raspbian:
.. code:: bash
sudo apt-get install python-blinkt
other environments:
.. code:: bash
sudo pip2 install blinkt
Development:
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If you want to contribute, or like living on the edge of your seat by
having the latest code, you should clone this repository, ``cd`` to the
library directory, and run:
.. code:: bash
sudo python3 setup.py install
(or ``sudo python setup.py install`` whichever your primary Python
environment may be)
Documentation & Support
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- Guides and tutorials - https://learn.pimoroni.com/blinkt
- Function reference - http://docs.pimoroni.com/blinkt/
- GPIO Pinout - https://pinout.xyz/pinout/blinkt
- Get help - http://forums.pimoroni.com/c/support
Unofficial / Third-party libraries
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- Golang library & examples by `Alex
Ellis <https://www.alexellis.io>`__ -
https://github.com/alexellis/blinkt\_go\_examples
- Java library by Jim Darby - https://github.com/hackerjimbo/PiJava
.. |Blinkt!| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pimoroni/blinkt/master/blinkt-logo.png
0.1.2
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* BugFix: Added sleep to data output, see: https://github.com/pimoroni/blinkt/issues/62
0.1.1
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* New: Added `get_pixel` to return colour and brightness of a single pixel
0.1.0
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* Removed try/except from RPi.GPIO import, output was misleading at best
* Reverted default behaviour of clear on exit
0.0.9
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* Added set_all method to set all pixels
* Changed default behaviour of clear on exit to reduce module side-effects
* Move GPIO initialisation to show() to reduce module side-effects
0.0.8
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* Tweaked some methods to show intent as implementation detail only
* Added docstrings detailing public methods
0.0.7
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* Fixed bug with APA102 pixels that have a small, black die (vs the larger, paler one)
0.0.6
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* set_clear_on_exit now method
0.0.5
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* Range clamping and coercion to integers
0.0.4
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* Various bug fixes
0.0.3
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* Switch to Python
0.0.2
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* Bug fixes for C Library
0.0.1
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* Original C Library