BlinkyPendant
Any chance to get a forum up for BlinkyPendant up soon? Wondering how I can store more than one image besides having to hack it. Seems I can only replace the 8th image on the Pendant.
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The only catch is, the accelerometer seems to lose track once the bike is in motion, and the blinking stops. I think the easiest solution will be to turn off accelerometer control, so it's always blinking once it's turned on. This seems like it should be an easy hack - just looking for the best way to get started on this!
Once I get this figured out, I'll be designing an 3D printed enclosure to snap it to the spokes! Any help would be greatly appreciated .
Thanks!
-Chris
http://forums.blinkinlabs.com/index.php?p=/discussion/227/blinkypendant-bare-metal-programming#latest
1. Download and unzip this restore script:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxmzjn6srrc5ws7/firmware-restore-osx.zip?dl=0
2. Turn off and unplug the BlinkyPendant from the computer (if it was plugged in)
3. Hold down the pattern switch button and plug into the computer while continuing to hold down the button (this forces the BlinkyPendant to stay in bootloader mode).
4. Once the usb is plugged in, you can let go of the button.
5. Double-click on the restore-firmware script to launch the dfu utility and restore the firmware from the Open Hardware Summit.
This firmware has a slot for one custom image, which shows at the end of the patterns. An updated version of PatternPaint is in the works to support overwriting all the patterns.
Is PatternPaint going to be updated to support the newer pendants? I'm very, very, very beginner as it pertains to programming. With BlinkyTape, I can tinker with it a little through Aruino. But, since BlinkyPendant uses a diff. programing lang., I envisioned just using PatternPaint for it.
I'm still waiting. I've had my BlinkyPendant for 18 days, now, and I've been able to use mine for all of 20 minutes. Not trying to be a pain, just kinda want to be able to do something with it other than just turning it on and/or plugging it up, and hoping that it will start working.
-Travis M
There's a preview version here:
https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/PatternPaint/releases/tag/2.0.0
And I finished up a second preview last night which will go up today.
I'll also get that Windows updater for you.
Just an idea, when you get the Windows updater done you could add it and the OS X version to the BlinkyPendant page. That way it will be easy to find if someone needs to restore their pendant.
-Trav
https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/PatternPaint/releases/tag/2.0.1
Should support the new blinkypendant firmware.
It is at all possible to use Arduino IDE to impart text or images since on the Blinkytape, you could program and have multiple "Algorithmic light patterns" (not images -YET, if ever? ;-)?
Aloha from Maui
Hi Blinky People! I was just wondering if there has been any progress on getting the Blinky Pendant to function like the Blinky Tape ie. without the need to be shaken or in motion? Thanks so much!
@techiechris: Unfortunately, there hasn't- it's simple to implement in the firmware, however it's a little more tough to integrate into PatternPaint. An updated version is still on the radar, though.
Just got my Pendant at Maker Faire Bay Area 2017! Is there a way to remove any of the images preloaded on the Pendant? I see how to make new ones in Pattern Paint and upload them, but I didn't see how to remove ones already there (so I don't need to scroll through them to get to my new images).
Nevermind! I figured out later that if I deleted the images in Pattern Paint, the next time I clicked the Save to Blinky, it removed the other images and only kept the ones I had in the sidebar.
Thanks!
Ok, great! Was just about to chime in to suggest that :-)