https://github.com/gedankenstuecke/blink1_morse

Great: Translates text into flickering lights!
https://github.com/gedankenstuecke/blink1_morse

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Great: Translates text into flickering lights!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gedankenstuecke/blink1_morse
• Owner: gedankenstuecke
• Created: 2013-02-26T22:23:18.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-07-02T21:51:20.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-11T16:26:00.845Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 151 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# blink1-tool morse code wrapper

This is a small python script that wraps around the blink1-tool for the command line. It translates the command line input text into [morse code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code) and emits them through the blink1. 

## Setup

* Make sure you have [downloaded the right version of the blink1-tool](http://blink1.thingm.com/blink1-tool/) for your OS. 

* Set the BLINK_TOOL_PATH in morse.py to the full path to your blink1-tool

* That should be it! 

## Examples

Here are two short clips showing it in action: 

* http://vine.co/v/b6wwHZJJUAQ

* http://vine.co/v/b6ZtaiFzQWF

## Gosh, this code is ugly!

Yup, it is. It's a quick hack with some features added as an afterthought. But it seems to work. If you want to rewrite it or make it less ugly: Go for it!

## Commands

```

usage: morse.py [-h] [-c COLOR] [-s] [-tc TARGET_COLOR] [-t TIME] text

positional arguments:

  text                  This is the text that should be emitted

optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -c COLOR, --color COLOR

                        The (initial) color of the blinks. Specify as R,G,B.

                        Default: 255,255,255

  -s, --shift           Should the color shift? If yes: --target-color needs

                        to be specified

  -tc TARGET_COLOR, --target-color TARGET_COLOR

                        The final color of the blinks. Specify as R,G,B.

                        Default: 255,255,255

  -t TIME, --time TIME  Duration of a single dit in milliseconds. Default: 100 

```