uflash

micro:bit

python3-uflash

module and utility for flashing the BBC micro:bit

uflash is a utility for flashing the BBC micro:bit with Python scripts and the MicroPython runtime. It provides two services: * a library of functions to programmatically create a hex file and flash it onto a BBC micro:bit. * a command line utility (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 By default, python3-uflash will use the MicroPython runtime for micro:bit provided by the firmware-microbit-micropython{,-dl} packages and which is located in /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex. Please ensure one of these packages is installed so that a default runtime is always available. This package provides the Python 3 module.