node-red-contrib-toypad

this is a collection of nodes to control the Lego Dimensions Toypad NFC reader via Node-RED.

Currently supported

✅ Reading NFC UIDs

✅ Detecting the different reader regions for the tags

✅ Controlling the RGB LED color for every section

✅ Fading LEDs

✅ Flashing LEDs

❌ Reading payloads

❌ Writing payloads

Installation

Linux

libusb needs to be installed. You also might want to create a udev rule.

sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/99-dimensions.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0e6f", ATTR{idProduct}=="0241", MODE="0666"

Node-RED inside Docker

This needs some attention as you can't access USB right away. I've found success in adding the following lines to my docker-compose.yaml:

    devices:
      - '/dev/bus:/dev/bus'