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How do I compile blink1-tool?

by todbot|Published August 25, 2023
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How do I compile blink1-tool?

In general, the blink(1) low-level APIs are compiled with GCC and Makefiles.

  1. Check out the code from https://github.com/thingm/blink1-tool/
  2. Install compilation prerequisites as described in the READM
  3. make
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