flashROMiin

flashROMiin is an open-source firmware flashing utility designed for embedded devices. It provides a platform-agnostic command-line interface for programming flash memories on microcontrollers and system-on-chip platforms, emphasizing reliability, safety checks, and broad compatibility with different flash types and image formats.

Key features include hardware probing to detect connected devices, support for SPI, parallel, NAND, and NOR flash, handling of common image formats (raw binary, Intel HEX, Motorola S-record), optional verification after write, and readback capability for validation. It can perform sector or block erases, enforce region protections, and apply alignment and checksum validation during the programming process.

Usage typically involves connecting to the target device, selecting a flash device, loading a firmware image, and issuing a flash command. The tool operates over multiple interfaces such as USB, JTAG/SWD, or in-system programmers, and supports scripting for batch flashing. A dry-run mode allows users to simulate operations without altering memory.

Development and licensing: flashROMiin is developed by an open-source community and released under an open license. Documentation, a developer API, and example configurations accompany the project to support a range of hardware platforms.

See also: firmware flashing, in-system programming, bootloader, flash memory, embedded systems development.