Using PlatformIO http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/index.html And Google Protocol Buffers https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/overview And C implementation http://koti.kapsi.fi/jpa/nanopb/

Submodules https://github.com/google/protobuf https://github.com/metormote/nanopb deze or https://code.google.com/p/nanopb/

library https://code.google.com/p/tm1638-library/ (TM1638 Library v2.1.3.zip)

tutorial http://tronixstuff.com/2012/03/11/arduino-and-tm1638-led-display-modules/