tomviner/upyflashed

A script to watch for new hex files from https://github.com/ntoll/upyed and flash the micro:bit immediately

upyflashed

A command to watch for new hex files from https://github.com/ntoll/upyed and flash the micro:bit immediately

upyflashed will poll your browser download directory for new hex files. If one is found it will copy it to the micro:bit storage location.

Note: The approach attempts to be cross platform but bug reports / fixes gratefully accepted. Currently tested on Linux and Windows.

Installation

pip install upyflashed

Usage

$ upyflashed

Default options:

• download path: ~/Downloads
• microbit path: psutil looks for a disk partition mount point ending in MICROBIT

Custom

$ upyflashed --help
usage: upyflashed [-h] [--download_path DOWNLOAD_PATH]
                  [--microbit_path MICROBIT_PATH] [-v]

A command to watch for new hex files from https://github.com/ntoll/upyed and
flash the micro:bit immediately

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --download_path DOWNLOAD_PATH
                        Filepath your browser stores downloads
  --microbit_path MICROBIT_PATH
                        Filepath your computer mounts the micro:bit at
  -v, --verbose