How to uplad binary file to Arduboy
01 Dec 2024
How to uplad binary file to Arduboy
It is very very simple.
- Open Arduino IDE
- Go to File -> Preferences
- Enable -> Show verbose output during: [] upload
- Upload some sample sketch into Arduboy
- Find and copy upload command from Arduino terminal
- Change path to binary file in this command and run it from terminal
Notes: *. You need to close Arduino IDE to release the COM port *. You may need to restart Arduboy before executing upload command *. You may need to start upload command right after reset button is pressed
In my case there was a following command:
"/Users/spanko/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" \
"-C/Users/spanko/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" \
-v \
-V \
-patmega32u4 \
-cavr109
"-P/dev/cu.usbmodem101"
-b57600 \
-D
"-Uflash:w:/private/var/folders/lw/g6b_rzbd1616b86pn1547p9w0000gn/T/arduino/sketches/EB6F26627ADC17C2831534A5E05EC8DB/barcode-boy.ino.hex:i"
I’ve has to replace path to hex.file after -Uflash flag to "-Uflash:w:/Users/spanko/Arduboy/Shadow-Runner/Shadow Runner.hex"
And hit Enter:
$ "/Users/spanko/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/bin/avrdude" \
"-C/Users/spanko/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf" \
-v \
-V \
-patmega32u4 \
-cavr109 \
"-P/dev/cu.usbmodem101" \
-b57600 \
-D \
"-Uflash:w:/Users/spanko/Arduboy/Shadow-Runner/Shadow Runner.hex"
avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch
System wide configuration file is "/Users/spanko/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"
User configuration file is "/Users/spanko/.avrduderc"
User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping
Using Port : /dev/cu.usbmodem101
Using Programmer : avr109
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
AVR Part : ATmega32U4
Chip Erase delay : 9000 us
PAGEL : PD7
BS2 : PA0
RESET disposition : dedicated
RETRY pulse : SCK
serial program mode : yes
parallel program mode : yes
Timeout : 200
StabDelay : 100
CmdexeDelay : 25
SyncLoops : 32
ByteDelay : 0
PollIndex : 3
PollValue : 0x53
Memory Detail :
Block Poll Page Polled
Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack
----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
eeprom 65 20 4 0 no 1024 4 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0x00 0x00
lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 9000 9000 0x00 0x00
calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00
Programmer Type : butterfly
Description : Atmel AppNote AVR109 Boot Loader
Connecting to programmer: .
Found programmer: Id = "CATERIN"; type = S
Software Version = 1.0; No Hardware Version given.
Programmer supports auto addr increment.
Programmer supports buffered memory access with buffersize=128 bytes.
Programmer supports the following devices:
Device code: 0x44
avrdude: devcode selected: 0x44
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions
Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s
avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9587 (probably m32u4)
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as FF
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D8
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as CB
avrdude: reading input file "/Users/spanko/Arduboy/Shadow-Runner/Shadow Runner.hex"
avrdude: input file /Users/spanko/Arduboy/Shadow-Runner/Shadow Runner.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (22474 bytes):
Writing | ################################################## | 100% 1.69s
avrdude: 22474 bytes of flash written
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as FF
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as D8
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as CB
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (E:CB, H:D8, L:FF)
avrdude done. Thank you.
That’s all folks!
Thank a lot for advice to Arduino forum : https://forum.arduino.cc/t/the-simplest-way-to-upload-a-compiled-hex-file-without-the-ide/401996/