Intro

uBitTool is a command line and GUI application to interface with the micro:bit.

It can:

• Read the micro:bit flash contents
• Extract user Python code from the micro:bit flash
• Flash the micro:bit
• Compare the contents of the micro:bit flash against a local hex file

These docs are still a WIP.

Basic Introduction

Basic Installation

The easiest way to use uBitTool is to download ane execute the application GUI.

Downloaded the latest version of the app for your Operating System from the GitHub Releases page, you can then double click on the gui file.

If you are using the command line application you can open the GUI with:

ubit gui

The command line help flag will provide information about how to use the uBitTool in the terminal:

$ ubit --help
Usage: ubit [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  uBitTool v0.6.0.

  CLI and GUI utility to read content from the micro:bit.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  compare-flash  Compare the micro:bit flash contents with a hex file.
  gui            Launch the GUI version of this app (has more options).
  read-code      Extract the MicroPython code to a file or print it.
  read-flash     Read the micro:bit flash contents into a hex file or...

Run

To see the available commands:

ubit --help

Or from this directory if you have clone and installed the repository:

python -m ubit --help

To retrieve the user Python code:

ubit read-code -f extracted_script.py

To read the entire flash contents:

ubit read-flash

To compare the flash contents with a hex file:

ubit compare-flash file-to-compare-against.hex

To run the GUI:

ubit gui