/blinkstick-c

BlinkStick C interface to control devices connected to the computer

Primary LanguageCMIT LicenseMIT

libBlinkStick

A blinkstick library in C with few dependencies.

I added features to libblinkstick library, please see to commit history to know more.

Requirements

  • libusb, brew install libusb on Mac OS X, sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev on Ubuntu
  • clang
  • cmake, brew install cmake on Mac OS X, sudo apt-get install cmake on Ubuntu

Running tests

  • script/test

To build the test app - Mac

  • script/build or script/build --disable-tests to disable the unit tests.
  • ./target/blinkstick --color 255 0 0

To build the test app - Ubuntu

  • Delete -arch x86_64 in Line 18 and Line 19 of CMakeLists.txt
  • script/build or script/build --disable-tests to disable the unit tests.
  • ./target/blinkstick --color 255 0 0

Example

#include <libblinkstick.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  rgb_color *color = parse_args(argv);
  int number_of_devices = 2;
  blinkstick_device_list *devices = blinkstick_list_factory(number_of_devices);

  find_blinksticks(devices);

  int i, j;
  for(i = 0; i < number_of_devices; i++)
  {
    if(devices->blinkstick_device_list[i] != NULL) {
      for(j = 0; j < 8; j++)
      {
        set_color(j, color, devices->blinkstick_device_list[i]);
        usleep(20000);
        off(j, devices->blinkstick_device_list[i]);
        usleep(20000);
      }
    }
  }
  destroy_color(color);
  destroy_blinksticks(devices);
  return 0;
}