ThingMBlink(1) USB RGB LED BLINK1MK3

I program in Python primarily, and it's really nice to have a simple, ready-made, programmable light I can control with my own code.If you don't want to write any code, it also comes with some reasonably powerful software to control the light and tie it to events.

El diseño y la calidad de la Luz están geniales, pero lo mejor qué tiene SDKs en diferentes lenguajes de programación, entonces tienes completa libertad para hacer lo que quieras

Personally I just run the Blink1 control software with HTTP server enabled, which allows you to control RGB color, create patterns, start/stop patterns, etc. with simple GET requests. However if you use one of the many blink1 libraries (they have one for node, python, obj-c, and many more), it's simple to control the device directly without any software running in the background.I use my Blink1 for indicating unit test status: solid red for fail, solid green for success, and pulsing blue when tests are in progress (they get launched by a watcher so tests are being run all the time as I'm writing code). This indicator is much nicer than having to spare screen real estate for terminal output.

Picked up two of these to alert us when email came in to our store. They worked for a short time… then just stopped. Sometimes getting them to work again meant rebooting the computers, or reinstalling their funky software. We’ve finally run out of patience. And apparently their tech support person did too, because they won’t return our emails any more. Now, here I am, writing this lousy review and having to shop around for something else… challenge being that there (oddly) few email alert products out there.

My Blink(1) mk3 is well-made and nicely finished. The lights are bright, and pleasantly diffused by the cover. I downloaded the Windows command-line program and the Windows UI program, and they worked well. The two internal LED's Independently set color, brightness, flashing and fading. I like the included USB cable.I would like to find better descriptions of the storable pattern and "serverTickle" features. Where?After a brief bit of searching, I was able to find the NodeJS API at Github (todbot/node-blink1). I was able to recompile it for electron (electronjs.org), updating the native-based API from NodeJS version 72 -> 73. This works wonderfully, and will add a sweet WOW! factor to my next project.I expect this little $30 gem will pay for itself, in short time.