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Download design files, source code, and user applications to blink new messages to the device.

Download Hardware Design Files

The Blinky kits were developed with Kicad, an open source electronic design suite. It is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X.

Blinky GRID:

Blinky GRID SMT:

Blinky POV:

Blinky POV SMT:

Firmware

All our source code is also available in the Wayne and Layne GitHub repository.

The software that runs the blinky kits is split into two parts, the bootloader and the regular, “user” code (more details). The bootloader is used for both Blinky Grid and Blinky POV, but there are only slight differences in the bootloader’s operation between GRID and POV (really, it’s just how to control the LEDs during programming). Below, you can download either the raw source code (ZIP archive with build scripts) or the finished hex files for GRID and POV.

Blinky Bootloader:

For the blinky code for Grid and POV, there are two options. You can download the complete source code (with build scripts) in a ZIP archive, or the finished hex file.

Blinky GRID:

Blinky POV:

We also make available “combined” hex files that include both the bootloader and the blinky code. If you have access to a PIC microcontroller programmer and are trying to fix your Blinky kit, you probably want to start by programming one of these files to your Blinky kit, as it will reset the microcontroller to its “factory reset” condition.

Licensing

We consider the Blinky kits to be open source hardware. All files are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, except the firmware which is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL).

For the Creative Commons files, this means you may copy, distribute, and display them (and any modifications or “derivative works” you make) if you give credit to Wayne and Layne, LLC, link back to this website, and you must also license any modifications or derivative works under this exact same Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

There are similar rights granted by the GPL, but attribution is not required. It’s appreciated, though!

GNU GPL
This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL version 2.0 or later
Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Blinky GRID and Blinky POV by Wayne and Layne, LLC, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Different licensing may be available. Contact us for more information.