Upload tool for an led name tag with USB-HID interface
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# Led-Badge-44x11
6 years ago
Upload tool for an led name tag with USB-HID interface
6 years ago
![LED Mini Board](green_badge.jpg)
# Warning
There are many different versions of LED Badges on the market.
Some even look identical, but are not.
This one uses an USB-HID interface, while many others use USB-Serial.
The type supported by this project has an array of 44 x 11 LEDs and
identifies itself on the USB as
idVendor=0416, idProduct=5020
Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
LSicroelectronics LS32 Custm HID
# Command line parameters
<pre>
Usage: led-badge-11x44.py [-h] [-s SPEED] [-m MODE] [-l FILE]
message [message ...]
./led-badge-11x44.py Version 0.3 -- upload messages to a 44x11 led badge via
USB HID. https://github.com/jnweiger/led-badge-44x11
positional arguments:
message Up to 8 message texts or image file names
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s SPEED, --speed SPEED
Scroll speed. Up to 8 comma-seperated values (range
1..8)
-m MODE, --mode MODE Up to 8 mode values: Scroll-left(0) -right(1) -up(2)
-down(3); still-centered(4) -left(5); drop-down(6);
curtain(7); laser(8)
-l FILE, --load FILE Bitmap images, made available as ^A, ^B, ^C, ... in
text messages
</pre>
## References (all USB-Serial)
* https://github.com/Caerbannog/led-mini-board
* http://zunkworks.com/projects/programmablelednamebadges/
* https://github.com/DirkReiners/LEDBadgeProgrammer
* https://bitbucket.org/bartj/led/src
* http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=1440
* https://github.com/stoggi/ledbadge