Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: uflash
Version: 1.1.0
Summary: A module and utility to flash Python onto the BBC micro:bit.
Home-page: https://github.com/ntoll/uflash
Author: Nicholas H.Tollervey
Author-email: ntoll@ntoll.org
License: MIT
Description-Content-Type: UNKNOWN
Description: uFlash
        ======
        
        **THIS MODULE ONLY WORKS WITH PYTHON 2.7 or 3.3+.**
        
        A utility for flashing the BBC micro:bit with Python scripts and the
        MicroPython runtime. You pronounce the name of this utility "micro-flash". ;-)
        
        It provides two services:
        
        1. A library of functions to programatically create a hex file and flash it onto a BBC micro:bit.
        2. A command line utility called `uflash` that will flash Python scripts onto a BBC micro:bit.
        
        Several essential operations are implemented:
        
        * Encode Python into the hex format.
        * Embed the resulting hexified Python into the MicroPython runtime hex.
        * Extract an encoded Python script from a MicroPython hex file.
        * Discover the connected micro:bit.
        * Copy the resulting hex onto the micro:bit, thus flashing the device.
        * Specify the MicroPython runtime hex in which to embed your Python code.
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        To install simply type::
        
            $ pip install uflash
        
        ...and the package will download from PyPI. If you wish to upgrade to the
        latest version, use the following command::
        
            $ pip install --no-cache --upgrade uflash
        
        **NB:** You must use a USB *data* cable to connect the micro:bit to your
        computer (some cables are power only). You're in good shape if, when plugged
        in, the micro:bit appears as a USB storage device on your file system.
        
        Linux users: For uflash to work you must ensure the micro:bit is mounted as a
        USB storage device. Usually this is done automatically. If not you've probably
        configured automounting to be off. If that's the case, we assume you
        have the technical knowledge to mount the device yourself or to install the
        required kernel modules if they're missing. Default installs of popular Linux
        distros "should just work" (tm) out of the box given a default install.
        
        Command Usage
        -------------
        
        To read help simply type::
        
            $ uflash --help
        
        or::
        
            $ uflash -h
        
        To discover the version information type::
        
            $ uflash --version
        
        If you type the command on its own then uflash will attempt to find a connected
        BBC micro:bit and flash an unmodified default version of the MicroPython
        runtime onto it::
        
            $ uflash
            Flashing Python to: /media/ntoll/MICROBIT/micropython.hex
        
        To flash a version of the MicroPython runtime with a specified script embedded
        within it (so that script is run when the BBC micro:bit boots up) then pass
        the path to the Python script in as the first argument to the command::
        
            $ uflash my_script.py
            Flashing Python to: /media/ntoll/MICROBIT/micropython.hex
        
        You can let uflash watch for changes of your script. It will be flashed
        automatically every time you save it::
        
            $ uflash -w my_script.py
        
        or::
        
            $ uflash --watch my_script.py
        
        At this point uflash will try to automatically detect the path to the device.
        However, if you have several devices plugged in and/or know what the path on
        the filesystem to the BBC micro:bit already is, you can specify this as a
        second argument to the command::
        
            $ uflash myscript.py /media/ntoll/MICROBIT
            Flashing Python to: /media/ntoll/MICROBIT/micropython.hex
        
        You can even flash multiple devices at once::
        
            $ uflash myscript.py /media/ntoll/MICROBIT /media/ntoll/MICROBIT1
            Flashing Python to: /media/ntoll/MICROBIT/micropython.hex
            Flashing Python to: /media/ntoll/MICROBIT1/micropython.hex
        
        To extract a Python script from a hex file use the "-e" flag like this::
        
            $ uflash -e something.hex myscript.py
        
        This will save the Python script recovered from "something.hex" into the file
        "myscript.py". If you don't supply a target the recovered script will emit to
        stdout.
        
        If you're developing MicroPython and have a custom runtime hex file you can
        specify that uflash use it instead of the built-in version of MicroPython in
        the following way::
        
            $ uflash -r firmware.hex
        
        or::
        
            $ uflash --runtime=firmware.hex
        
        Development
        -----------
        
        The source code is hosted in GitHub. Please feel free to fork the repository.
        Assuming you have Git installed you can download the code from the canonical
        repository with the following command::
        
            $ git clone https://github.com/ntoll/uflash.git
        
        Ensure you have the correct dependencies for development installed by creating
        a virtualenv and running::
        
            $ pip install -r requirements.txt
        
        To locally install your development version of the module into a virtualenv,
        run the following command::
        
            $ python setup.py develop
        
        There is a Makefile that helps with most of the common workflows associated
        with development. Typing ``make`` on its own will list the options thus::
        
            $ make
        
            There is no default Makefile target right now. Try:
        
            make clean - reset the project and remove auto-generated assets.
            make pyflakes - run the PyFlakes code checker.
            make pep8 - run the PEP8 style checker.
            make test - run the test suite.
            make coverage - view a report on test coverage.
            make check - run all the checkers and tests.
            make package - create a deployable package for the project.
            make publish - publish the project to PyPI.
            make docs - run sphinx to create project documentation.
        
        
        Release History
        ===============
        
        1.1.0
        -----
        
        * Update to latest version of MicroPython for the BBC micro:bit (many thanks to Damien George for his amazing efforts!).
        * Add a --version flag to uflash that causes it to print the current version number (many thanks to Lenz Grimmer for this work).
        * Allow uflash to accept the content of a script as well as the path to a script (many thanks to Zander Brown for this work).
        * Ensure uflash works nicely / better with external tools (many thanks to Lex Robinson for this work).
        * Added copyright and license information to the start of the script.
        
        1.0.8
        -----
        
        * Refactor hex extraction to not depend on extended address record before script (thanks Carlos).
        * Refactor tox tests to fix Windows related Gremlin (thanks again, Carlos).
        
        1.0.7
        -----
        
        * Watch for changes in a script. Automatically flash on save.
        
        1.0.5
        -----
        
        * Update runtime to include latest bug fixes and inclusion of input() builtin.
        * Detecting drives on Windows 10 no longer causes pop-ups in certain situations.
        * Documentation updates.
        
        1.0.4
        -----
        
        * Add support for flash multiple microbits.
        
        1.0.3
        -----
        
        * Update runtime to include audio and speech modules.
        
        1.0.2
        -----
        
        * Update runtime to include the new radio module.
        
        1.0.1
        -----
        
        * Update runtime to include file system related changes.
        
        1.0.0.final.0
        -------------
        
        * Runtime updated to version 1.0 of MicroPython for the BBC micro:bit.
        
        1.0.0.beta.7
        ------------
        
        * Runtime update to fix display related bug.
        
        1.0.0.beta.6
        ------------
        
        * Runtime update to latest version of the DAL (swaps pins 4 and 5).
        
        1.0.0.beta.5
        ------------
        
        * Runtime update to fix error reporting bug.
        
        1.0.0.beta.4
        ------------
        
        * Documentation update.
        * Help text update.
        
        1.0.0.beta.3
        ------------
        
        * Add ability to specify a MicroPython runtime to use.
        * Test fixes.
        
        1.0.0.beta.2
        ------------
        
        * Updated to latest version of MicroPython runtime.
        
        1.0.0.beta.1
        ------------
        
        * Works with Python 2.7 (thanks to @Funkyhat).
        * Updated to the latest build of MicroPython for the BBC micro:bit.
        * Minor refactoring and updates to the test suite due to MicroPython updates.
        
        0.9.17
        ------
        
        * Minor code refactor.
        * Documentation update.
        
        0.9.14
        ------
        
        * Feature complete.
        * Comprehensive test suite - 100% coverage.
        * Tested on Linux and Windows.
        * Documentation.
        * Access via the "uflash" command.
        
        0.0.1
        -----
        
        * Initial release. Basic functionality.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Topic :: Education
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems
