mbed-flasher is a simple Python-based tool for flashing single or multiple boards. It provides a simple Command Line Interface and Python API for flashing.
The purpose is to provide a clean and simple library that is easy to integrate to other tools. It can be easily developed further to support flashing in mbed OS and other platforms. Developers can also use it as a standalone tool for flashing their development boards.
To install the flasher, use:
python setup.py install
To install the flasher in development mode:
python setup.py develop
To use JLink flashing, additional package needs to be installed from here. JLinkExe must be found from PATH for flasher to be able to use it.
To use STLink flashing (windows only), additional package needs to be installed from here.
ST-LINK_CLI.exe must be found from PATH for flasher to be able to use it.
This tool has been tested and verified to work with Windows 7 and Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) Linux.
Devices used in verification: NXP K64F, Nucleo F401RE, BBC micro:bit.
See the actual usage documentation here.
Main help
/> mbedflash --help
usage: mbedflash [-h] [-v] [-s] <command> ...
For specific command help, run: mbedflash <command> --help
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose Verbose level... repeat up to three times.
-s, --silent Silent - only errors will be printed.
command:
<command> command help
list Prints a list of supported platforms.
flashers Prints a list of supported flashers.
version Display version information
flash Flash given resource
reset Reset given resource
erase Erase given resource
Flash help
/>mbedflash flash --help
usage: mbedflash flash [-h] [-i INPUT] [--tid TARGET_ID] [-t PLATFORM_NAME]
[--no-reset]
[method]
positional arguments:
method <simple|pyocd|edbg>, used for flashing
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
Binary input to be flashed.
--tid TARGET_ID, --target_id TARGET_ID
Target to be flashed, ALL will flash all connected
devices with given platform-name, also multiple
targets can be given. Does not continue flashing
next device in case of failures. Short target_id
matches boards by prefix
--target_filename TARGET_FILENAME
Custom target filename
-t PLATFORM_NAME, --platform_name PLATFORM_NAME
Platform of the target device(s)
--no-reset Do not reset device before or after flashing
--target_filename TARGET_FILENAME -option is used to select custom
target filename when source file is copied to mbed target
e.g.
$ mbedflash flash simple --tid 0240000032254e45000f800ab529001f3f31000097969900 -i setup.hex --target_filename asd.hex
input file in above example would be setup.hex, that must exists and filename
that is created for target mount point would be asd.hex.
Erase help
c:\>mbedflash erase --help
usage: mbedflash erase [-h] [--tid TARGET_ID] [method]
positional arguments:
method <simple|pyocd|edbg>, used for erase
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--tid TARGET_ID, --target_id TARGET_ID
Target to be erased or ALL, also multiple targets can
be given. Short target_id matches boards by prefix
Reset help
c:\>mbedflash reset --help
usage: mbedflash reset [-h] [--tid TARGET_ID] [method]
positional arguments:
method <simple|pyocd|edbg>, used for reset
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--tid TARGET_ID, --target_id TARGET_ID
Target to be reset or ALL, also multiple targets can
be given. Short target_id matches boards by prefix
Required pre-installed packages: coverage, mock
sudo pip install coverage mock
Execute all tests:
coverage run -m unittest discover -s test
Execute hardware tests:
coverage run -m unittest discover -s test.hardware
Execute non-hardware tests:
coverage run -m unittest discover -s test.non_hardware
Generate a coverage report:
coverage html
For Windows:
python setup.py build
python setup.py bdist_msi
For Linux:
python setup.py build
//for rpm package
python setup.py bdist_rpm
Read more on installers.