diff --git a/led/led_trout.c b/led/led_trout.c
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+#include <hardware/led.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define LOG_TAG "LED"
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+const char* const AMBER_BRIGHTNESS_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/amber/brightness";
+const char* const RED_BRIGHTNESS_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/red/brightness";
+const char* const GREEN_BRIGHTNESS_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/green/brightness";
+const char* const BLUE_BRIGHTNESS_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/blue/brightness";
+const char* const BLINK_ENABLE_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/red/device/blink";
+const char* const BLINK_FREQ_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/red/device/grpfreq";
+const char* const BLINK_PWM_FILE = "/sys/class/leds/red/device/grppwm";
+
+static int
+write_string(const char* file, const char* string, int len)
+{
+    int fd;
+    ssize_t amt;
+
+    fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        LOGE("open failed errno: %d\n", errno);
+        return errno;
+    }
+
+    amt = write(fd, string, len);
+    if (amt < 0) {
+        LOGE("write failed errno: %d\n", errno);
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+    return amt >= 0 ? 0 : errno;
+}
+
+int set_led_state(unsigned colorARGB, int onMS, int offMS)
+{
+    int len;
+    char buf[30];
+    int alpha, red, green, blue;
+    int blink, freq, pwm;
+    
+    LOGV("set_led_state colorARGB=%08X, onMS=%d, offMS=%d\n", colorARGB, onMS, offMS);
+    
+    // alpha of 0 or color of 0 means off
+    if ((colorARGB & 0xff000000) == 0 || (colorARGB & 0x00ffffff) == 0) {
+        onMS = 0;
+        offMS = 0;
+    }
+
+    red = (colorARGB >> 16) & 0xFF;
+    green = (colorARGB >> 8) & 0xFF;
+    blue = colorARGB & 0xFF;
+
+    len = sprintf(buf, "%d", red);
+    write_string(RED_BRIGHTNESS_FILE, buf, len);
+    len = sprintf(buf, "%d", green);
+    write_string(GREEN_BRIGHTNESS_FILE, buf, len);
+    len = sprintf(buf, "%d", blue);
+    write_string(BLUE_BRIGHTNESS_FILE, buf, len);
+
+    if (onMS > 0 && offMS > 0) {        
+        int totalMS = onMS + offMS;
+        
+        // the LED appears to blink about once per second if freq is 20
+        // 1000ms / 20 = 50
+        freq = totalMS / 50;
+        // pwm specifies the ratio of ON versus OFF
+        // pwm = 0 -> always off
+        // pwm = 255 => always on
+        pwm = (onMS * 255) / totalMS;
+        
+        // the low 4 bits are ignored, so round up if necessary
+        if (pwm > 0 && pwm < 16)
+            pwm = 16;
+
+        blink = 1;
+    } else {
+        blink = 0;
+        freq = 0;
+        pwm = 0;
+    }
+    
+    if (blink) {
+        len = sprintf(buf, "%d", freq);
+        write_string(BLINK_FREQ_FILE, buf, len);
+        len = sprintf(buf, "%d", pwm);
+        write_string(BLINK_PWM_FILE, buf, len);
+    }
+
+    len = sprintf(buf, "%d", blink);
+    write_string(BLINK_ENABLE_FILE, buf, len);
+
+    return 0;
+}