Hi,
If anyone is considering using the BlinkM LED in their project, this is small "library" in ME: https://github.com/j-mbd/short-and-quick/tree/master/src/jmbd/i2c/blinkm
FYI, an SE implementation does exist too (implemented via JNI).
(Tested on Raspberry Pi 2, Model B, running the 8.3 SDK and using the basic BlinkM model, i.e. not MinM or MaxM)
Cheers