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+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="blinkstick">
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-tips">Expects a msg.payload with either hex #rrggbb or decimal red,green,blue.</div>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="blinkstick">
+	<p>BlinkStick output node. Expects a <b>msg.payload</b> with either a hex string #rrggbb triple or red,green,blue as three 0-255 values.</p>
+	<p><b>NOTE:</b> currently only works with a single BlinkStick. (As it uses the findFirst() function to attach).</p>
+	<p>For more info see the <i><a href="http://blinkstick.com/" target="_new">BlinkStick website</a></i> or the <i><a href="https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-node" target="_new">node module</a></i> documentation.</p>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+	RED.nodes.registerType('blinkstick',{
+		category: 'advanced-output',
+		color:"cornsilk",
+		defaults: {
+			name: {value:""}
+		},
+		inputs:1,
+		outputs:0,
+		icon: "arrow-in.png",
+		align: "right",
+		label: function() {
+			return this.name||"blinkstick";
+		},
+		labelStyle: function() {
+			return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
+		}
+	});
+</script>
diff --git a/nodes/hardware/76-blinkstick.js b/nodes/hardware/76-blinkstick.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+var RED = require("../../red/red");
+var blinkstick = require("blinkstick");
+
+function BlinkStick(n) {
+	RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
+	var node = this;
+	var p1 = /^#.*/
+	var p2 = /[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+/
+
+	var led = new blinkstick.findFirst();
+
+	node.log("started");
+	this.on("input", function(msg) {
+		if (msg != null) {
+			if (led.length > 0) {
+				if ((p1.test(msg.payload))|(p2.test(msg.payload))) {
+					led.setColor(msg.payload);
+				}
+				else {
+					node.error("Incorrect format: "+msg.payload);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				node.error("No BlinkStick found");
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
+}
+
+RED.nodes.registerType("blinkstick",BlinkStick);