@dawee/bossajs v0.9.1

Bossa.js

Node bindings for Bossa, the open source Atmel SAM-BA DFU utility.

Currently only working on macOS. Other platforms coming soon.

Installing

yarn add bossajs

Or from source:

git submodule update --init
yarn rebuild

Windows

Only win32 is supported.

As a superuser install Python and MSVS build tools:

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

Then build the app as:

npm config set arch ia32 
git submodule update --init
node-gyp configure --arch x86
node-gyp rebuild

Usage

import { Bossa } from 'bossaja';

const PORT = '/dev/tty.usb1';
const bossa = new Bossa();

await bossa.connect(PORT);

try {
    const buffer = Buffer.from([0xd, 0xe, 0xa, 0xd, 0xb, 0xe, 0xe, 0xf]);
    await bossa.write(buffer, 0x2000);
    await bossa.verify(buffer, 0x2000);
} finally {
    await bossa.close();
}

API Documentation

Constructor

• Bossa() / Bossa(opts)

  opts is an optional object of options.

  {
      debug: boolean,
  }

Methods

• connect(port) -> Promise

  Connect to the device.

• close() -> Promise

  Close the connection.

• info() -> Promise<Object>

  Return info about the device.

• read(offset, size) -> Promise<Buffer>

  Read size bytes starting from offset.

• write(buffer, offset) -> Promise

  Write buffer to device starting from offset.

• verify(buffer, offset) -> Promise

  Verify the data at offset is equivalent to buffer.

Events

Inherits from EventEmitter.

• progress -> (progress, total)

  Progress update of the current operation (in device pages).

Testing

Testing is possible on a development board running the SAM-BA bootloader, e.g. the Atmel SAMD21 Xplained Pro.

PORT=/dev/tty.usb1 yarn test

Copyright and License

Bossa.js is © 2019, Sports Performance Tracking. It is released under a BSD 3-clause license, which you can find in LICENSE.

Bossa is © 2011-2016, ShumaTech. It is also released under a BSD 3-clause license, which you can find in extern/bossa/LICENSE.