PatternPaint

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Making beautiful light shows is as easy as drawing a picture with Pattern Paint!

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- - linux.yml
- patternpaint-osx.xml
- patternpaint-windows.xml
- animation.cpp
- animation.h
- BlinkyTape.h
- PatternPlayer_Sketch.ino
- README.md
- SerialLoop.cpp
- SerialLoop.h
- - app.pro
  - examples.qrc
  - images.qrc
  - Info.plist
  - patternpaint.desktop
  - translations.qrc
- - avr109commands.cpp
  - avr109commands.h
  - avr109firmwareloader.cpp
  - avr109firmwareloader.h
  - blinkycontroller.cpp
  - blinkycontroller.h
  - blinkycontrollerinfo.cpp
  - blinkycontrollerinfo.h
  - blinkypendantcommands.cpp
  - blinkypendantcommands.h
  - blinkypendantuploaddata.cpp
  - blinkypendantuploaddata.h
  - blinkypendantuploader.cpp
  - blinkypendantuploader.h
  - blinkytape.cpp
  - blinkytape.h
  - blinkytapeuploaddata.cpp
  - blinkytapeuploaddata.h
  - blinkytapeuploader.cpp
  - blinkytapeuploader.h
  - blinkyuploader.h
  - brightnessmodel.cpp
  - brightnessmodel.h
  - bytearrayhelpers.cpp
  - bytearrayhelpers.h
  - colormode.cpp
  - colormode.h
  - eightbyeightcommands.cpp
  - eightbyeightcommands.h
  - eightbyeightuploader.cpp
  - eightbyeightuploader.h
  - esp8266bootloadercommands.cpp
  - esp8266bootloadercommands.h
  - esp8266firmwareloader.cpp
  - esp8266firmwareloader.h
  - exponentialbrightness.cpp
  - exponentialbrightness.h
  - firmwareloader.h
  - firmwarereader.cpp
  - firmwarereader.h
  - firmwarestore.cpp
  - firmwarestore.h
  - fixture.cpp
  - fixture.h
  - libblinky.pro
  - libblinkyglobal.h
  - lightbuddycommands.cpp
  - lightbuddycommands.h
  - lightbuddyuploader.cpp
  - lightbuddyuploader.h
  - linearfixture.cpp
  - linearfixture.h
  - matrixfixture.cpp
  - matrixfixture.h
  - memorymap.cpp
  - memorymap.h
  - memorysection.cpp
  - memorysection.h
  - pattern.cpp
  - pattern.h
  - patterncollection.cpp
  - patterncollection.h
  - patterncollectionmodel.cpp
  - patterncollectionmodel.h
  - patternframemodel.cpp
  - patternframemodel.h
  - patternframeundocommand.cpp
  - patternframeundocommand.h
  - patternmodel.h
  - patternscrollmodel.cpp
  - patternscrollmodel.h
  - patternscrollundocommand.cpp
  - patternscrollundocommand.h
  - patternwriter.cpp
  - patternwriter.h
  - scenetemplate.cpp
  - scenetemplate.h
  - serialcommand.cpp
  - serialcommand.h
  - serialcommandqueue.cpp
  - serialcommandqueue.h
  - usbdeviceidentifier.cpp
  - usbdeviceidentifier.h
  - usbutils.cpp
  - usbutils.h
- - avr109commandstests.cpp
  - avr109commandstests.h
  - blinkypendantcommandstests.cpp
  - blinkypendantcommandstests.h
  - blinkypendantuploaddatatests.cpp
  - blinkypendantuploaddatatests.h
  - blinkytapeuploaddatatests.cpp
  - blinkytapeuploaddatatests.h
  - bytearrayhelperstests.cpp
  - bytearrayhelperstests.h
  - colormodetests.cpp
  - colormodetests.h
  - eightbyeightcommandstests.cpp
  - eightbyeightcommandstests.h
  - esp8266bootloadercommandstests.cpp
  - esp8266bootloadercommandstests.h
  - exponentialbrightnesstests.cpp
  - exponentialbrightnesstests.h
  - firmwarereadertests.cpp
  - firmwarereadertests.h
  - firmwarestoretests.cpp
  - firmwarestoretests.h
  - fixturetests.cpp
  - fixturetests.h
  - libblinky-test.pro
  - lightbuddycommandstests.cpp
  - lightbuddycommandstests.h
  - linearfixturetests.cpp
  - linearfixturetests.h
  - main.cpp
  - matrixfixturetests.cpp
  - matrixfixturetests.h
  - memorymaptests.cpp
  - memorymaptests.h
  - memorysectiontests.cpp
  - memorysectiontests.h
  - multitests.h
  - patternframemodeltests.cpp
  - patternframemodeltests.h
  - patternscrollmodeltests.cpp
  - patternscrollmodeltests.h
  - serialcommandtests.cpp
  - serialcommandtests.h
- gitversion.pri
- libblinky.pri
- libusb.pri
- PatternPaint.pro
- - aclocal.m4
  - AUTHORS
  - ChangeLog
  - compile
  - config.guess
  - config.h
  - config.h.in
  - config.log
  - config.status
  - config.sub
  - configure
  - configure.ac
  - COPYING
  - depcomp
  - INSTALL
  - install-sh
  - libtool
  - libusb-1.0.pc
  - libusb-1.0.pc.in
  - ltmain.sh
  - Makefile
  - Makefile.am
  - Makefile.in
  - missing
  - NEWS
  - PORTING
  - README
  - stamp-h1
  - TODO
- - libusb-1.0.def
  - README.txt
- - CHANGELOG
  - LICENSE
  - SampleAppcast.xml
- - AUTHORS
  - COPYING
  - COPYING.expat
  - NEWS
  - README.md
- README.md
.gitignore
buildBlinkyTapeFirmware.sh
dist_linux.sh
dist_macos.sh
dist_windows.sh
gitversion.sh
LICENSE.md
patternpaint.nsi
README.md
README2.md
uncrustify.cfg

# Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/Blinkinlabs/PatternPaint

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd PatternPaint

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

APT (Debian/Ubuntu 계열) Built into Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

sudo apt-get install build-essential mesa-common-dev libglu-mesa1-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev

Installs directly from the APT package repository (Debian/Ubuntu-based).

sudo apt-get install qt58[QTPACKAGE] qt58serialport

Installs directly from the APT package repository (Debian/Ubuntu-based).

✅ After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. .NET

Medium

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
.NET SDK The SDK required for the dotnet command.

⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.

cd thirdparty/libusb-1.0.21/msvc

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

dotnet restore

Downloads the packages the project depends on.

dotnet run

Builds the project and runs it immediately.

✅ After dotnet run, check the message or address shown in the terminal.

4. Make

Medium

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Make Usually pre-installed on Linux/macOS. On Windows, install separately (e.g. via MSYS2 or WSL).

⚠️ This is a large repository, so this method may point to an internal sub-package rather than the actual core product. Check the full README as well.

cd thirdparty/libusb-1.0.21

This project's files live in a subfolder, so move into it first.

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

✅ If it finishes without errors, it worked. Try running the generated executable directly.

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