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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="ledborg">
+    <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 PiBorg three digit rgb colour string. 000 -> 222</div>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="ledborg">
+	<p>PiBorg LedBorg LED output node. Expects a <b>msg.payload</b> with a three digit rgb triple, from <b>000</b> to <b>222</b>.</p>
+	<p>See <i><a href="http://www.piborg.com/ledborg/install" target="_new">the PiBorg site</a></i> for more information.</p>
+	<p>You can also now use a <b>msg.payload</b> in the standard hex format "#rrggbb". The clip levels are :</p>
+	<p><pre>0x00 - 0x57 = off<br/>0x58 - 0xA7 = 50%<br/>0xA8 - 0xFF = fully on</pre></p>
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    RED.nodes.registerType('ledborg',{
+        category: 'output',
+        color:"GoldenRod",
+        defaults: {
+            name: {value:""}
+        },
+        inputs:1,
+        outputs:0,
+        icon: "light.png",
+        align: "right",
+        label: function() {
+            return this.name||"ledborg";
+        },
+        labelStyle: function() {
+            return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
+        }
+    });
+</script>
diff --git a/nodes/hardware/78-ledborg.js b/nodes/hardware/78-ledborg.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 util =  require('util');
+var fs =  require('fs');
+
+// read from /dev/ledborg to see if it exists - if not then don't even show the node.
+try { var rc = fs.readFileSync("/dev/ledborg"); }
+catch (err) { util.log("[77-ledborg.js] Error: PiBorg hardware : LedBorg not found"); return; }
+
+function LedBorgNode(n) {
+	RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
+	var p1 = /[0-2][0-2][0-2]/
+	var p2 = /^\#[A-Za-z0-9]{6}$/
+	var node = this;
+
+	this.on("input", function(msg) {
+		if (p1.test(msg.payload)) {
+			fs.writeFile('/dev/ledborg', msg.payload, function (err) {
+				if (err) node.warn(msg.payload+" : No LedBorg found");
+			});
+		}
+		if (p2.test(msg.payload)) {
+			var r = Math.floor(parseInt(msg.payload.slice(1,3),16)/88).toString();
+			var g = Math.floor(parseInt(msg.payload.slice(3,5),16)/88).toString();
+			var b = Math.floor(parseInt(msg.payload.slice(5),16)/88).toString();
+			fs.writeFile('/dev/ledborg', r+g+b, function (err) {
+				if (err) node.warn(r+g+b+" : No LedBorg found");
+			});
+		}
+		else {
+			node.warn("Invalid LedBorg colour code");
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+RED.nodes.registerType("ledborg",LedBorgNode);