pyfwimagebuilder 1.3.0.16

Firmware image builder for Microchip mdfu bootloaders

pyfwimagebuilder - Firmware Image Builder

This utility is used to produce image files which can be used with the pymdfu tool: https://pypi.org/project/pymdfu/

Overview

• install using pip from pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pyfwimagebuilder

Usage

pyfwimagebuilder can be used as a command-line interface or a library

Building an image from the command-line

for help, use:

pyfwimagebuilder --help

Example usage:

Building an image:

pyfwimagebuilder build -i myapp.hex -c myconfig.toml -o myimage.img

Decoding an image:

pyfwimagebuilder decode -i myapp.img -c myconfig.toml -o myimage.txt

Additional command-line switches

• -v LEVEL for selecting logging verbosity ('debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical')

Changelog

[1.3.0] - July 2025

• PYTOOLS-158, PYTOOLS-162, PYTOOLS-481: Added image binary decoding
• PYTOOLS-479: Added file format support for Cortex-M0+
• PYTOOLS-163: Added warning for data that is not within the device memory range
• PYTOOLS-492: Fixed segment inclusion to not skip data that is in the valid range when there is data that is outside

[1.0.0] - December 2023

• Public beta release

[0.0.1] - October 2023

• Package planning