BlinkStick Python package now fully supports Windows OS. It currently has been tested only with Python 2.7. The documentation on the BlinkStick Python website describes how to install pip package for all popular operating systems:

https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-python

One more additional feature has been introduced. Library now automatically restores USB device handles if BlinkStick was removed and the reinserted into any of the USB ports.

If you already have all prerequisites for your operating system, then installation is very simple:

sudo pip install blinkstick

If you have older version of blinkstick module installed, run the following command:

sudo pip install blinkstick --upgrade

Python BlinkStick package has been updated to 0.5.0.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/BlinkStick/

Rob Berwick has done an amazing job and created color animations for BlinkStick Python API. They are covered with 3 main functions:

• blink – blinks the specified color
• pulse – pulses the specified color
• morph – morphs from current color to the specified color

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Python Blinkstick package has been updated to 0.3.0.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/BlinkStick/

This version has the following improvements:

• Removed example scripts as they have been moved to wiki https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-python/wiki
• Added BlinkStick control script. All features of BlinkStick can now be controlled with a single blinkstick command

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