node-sam-ba

Node library and command-line tool to flash Atmel MCUs using their SAM-BA protocol.

NOTICE

This is currently in prerelease status. It will be refactored to be a npm module for programmatic use as well as as a command-line utility.

Usage

1. Make sure a recent version of node is installed (6.9.1+).
2. Clone the github repo or download as a zip file and expand it.
3. On the comand line, cd into the new repo or expanded zip directory.
4. npm install
5. Obtain a .bin file that you wish to flash onto the board. In this example we'll use ../g2core.bin as the path to that file.
6. Example usage:

./flash.js -p /dev/tty.usbmodem12345 -b ../g2core.bin

1. For full usage, ./flash.js -h which currently dumps:

Options:
  -h, --help   Show help                                               [boolean]
  -p, --port   path to device to update                               [required]
  -b, --bin    path to *.bin file
  -B, --boot   set the board to boot to flash (--no-boot to not)
                                                       [boolean] [default: true]
  -R, --reset  reset the board (after everything else) [boolean] [default: true]
  -D, --debug  turn up the verbosity (a lot!)                            [count]