84ace / tracbox8-flash-tool

A tool for updating the firmware on an ESP32 based TracBox

TracBox 8 Flash Utility

Update your TracBox with ease!

A cross platform app built with Electron

System requirements

• Python with pyserial
• If your Serial/COM port isn't listed you may need CP210x drivers installed.

Instructions

• Plug in your TracBox
• Click the Scan Ports button and select a COM port
• Click Browse to select a custom firmware.bin file
• Click Browse to select a custom littlefs.bin file
• Click Flash and wait

Electron Project setup

npm install

Compiles and hot-reloads for development

npm run electron:serve

Compiles and creates package(s) for prod

npm run electron:build

big ol' pile of shot to fix later

--chip esp32 --port "/dev/tty.usbserial-10" --baud 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size detect 0x10000 .pio/build/esp32dev/firmware.bin 0x1000 /Users/acea/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32/tools/sdk/esp32/bin/bootloader_dio_40m.bin 0x8000 /Users/acea/Documents/FTP/hardware/esp-tracbox/software/esp-tracbox/.pio/build/esp32dev/partitions.bin 0xe000 /Users/acea/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32/tools/partitions/boot_app0.bin 0x290000 .pio/build/esp32dev/littlefs.bin

--chip esp32 --port "/dev/tty.usbserial-10" --baud 460800 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_size detect 0x290000 .pio/build/esp32dev/littlefs.bin

Customize configuration

See Configuration Reference.

Reference

Electron inter process communication tutorial

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/electron/electron_inter_process_communication.htm

run Python script from nodejs

https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/286/how-to-execute-a-python-script-and-retrieve-output-data-and-errors-in-node-js

readline module for parsing stdout stream line by line

https://html.developreference.com/article/21696559/NodeJS+spawn+stdout+string+format https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/ref_readline.asp