Posts with «blink1» label

Adding NeoPixels / WS2812 LEDs to blink(1)

You may not have known, but blink(1) USB notification LEDs have a secret: they can drive 16 extra LEDs in the form of “NeoPixel” WS2812 LEDs.  This is what was behind the “blink(16)” project. If you take apart a blink(1), you’ll see it has three tiny plated holes. These are the three needed by WS2812 LEDs: [...]
Todbot 26 Jan 22:36
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blink(1) and C.H.I.P. work great together!

Thanks to NextThingCo‘s recent efforts with getting Debian on their nifty little C.H.I.P. board, I was able to quickly get working my blink1-tool for our blink(1) USB LED. Let the blinky disco commence! Mostly as a reminder to myself, here’s what I did.  (based on the “Flashing with Debian” section of this document) On the vagrant [...]
Todbot 23 Oct 21:29
blink1  hardware-hacking  

blink(1) and C.H.I.P. work great together!

Thanks to NextThingCo‘s recent efforts with getting Debian on their nifty little C.H.I.P. board, I was able to quickly get working my blink1-tool for our blink(1) USB LED. Let the blinky disco commence! Mostly as a reminder to myself, here’s what I did.  (based on the “Flashing with Debian” section of this document) On the vagrant [...]
Todbot 23 Oct 21:29
blink1  hardware-hacking  

Tod speaking about blink(1) at Hackaday 10th

Back in October, I spoke at the Hackaday 10th anniversary event. I spoke about blink(1), Kickstarter, and some of the fun issues we had getting the product out. They were nice enough to record it and put it on Youtube. Video and slides below. How blink(1) was made – Hackaday 10th anniversary talk from todbotdotcom
Todbot 27 Feb 20:02
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Portable PIC16F145x Development Platform

About a year ago, while I was developing the blink(1) mk2, I created both a PIC16F1455 development board and a little assemblage that was tiny enough to toss in my laptop bag but powerful enough to let me develop on the PIC.  I could now develop firmware in a coffeeshop! It consists of: Sabrent 4-port [...]
Todbot 26 Mar 22:36
blink1  hardware-hacking  

Portable PIC16F145x Development Platform

About a year ago, while I was developing the blink(1) mk2, I created both a PIC16F1455 development board and a little assemblage that was tiny enough to toss in my laptop bag but powerful enough to let me develop on the PIC.  I could now develop firmware in a coffeeshop! It consists of: Sabrent 4-port [...]
Todbot 26 Mar 22:36
blink1  hardware-hacking  

MakerFaire Bay Area 2013 and my talk on blink(1) & Kickstarter

[originally posted on the ThingM blog] Whew, MakerFaire Bay Area 2013 is over and it was astoundingly fun. Not only did we get to interact with so many people doing awesome things with ThingM products (like these BlinkM MinM earrings) but we got to show off a bunch of projects made with blink(1) and BlinkM-family [...]
Todbot 09 Aug 05:17
blink1  ideas  thingm  

MakerFaire Bay Area 2013 and my talk on blink(1) & Kickstarter

[originally posted on the ThingM blog] Whew, MakerFaire Bay Area 2013 is over and it was astoundingly fun. Not only did we get to interact with so many people doing awesome things with ThingM products (like these BlinkM MinM earrings) but we got to show off a bunch of projects made with blink(1) and BlinkM-family [...]
Todbot 09 Aug 05:17
blink1  ideas  thingm  

Announcing blink(1) mk2, the USB RGB LED, improved

[cross-posted from the ThingM blog] We’re working on an improved version of blink(1) and have launched a Kickstarter for it. blink(1) mk2 is an updated version of the blink(1) super status light. The original blink(1) made it easy to connect any data source in the cloud or on your computer to a full-color RGB LED [...]
Todbot 08 Aug 07:14
blink1  thingm  

Announcing blink(1) mk2, the USB RGB LED, improved

[cross-posted from the ThingM blog] We’re working on an improved version of blink(1) and have launched a Kickstarter for it. blink(1) mk2 is an updated version of the blink(1) super status light. The original blink(1) made it easy to connect any data source in the cloud or on your computer to a full-color RGB LED [...]
Todbot 08 Aug 07:14
blink1  thingm