NAME

       bossac - Command line programmer for Atmel SAM ARM microcontrollers

SYNOPSIS

       bossac [OPTION...] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Basic  Open  Source SAM-BA Application (BOSSA) Version 1.3a Flash programmer for Atmel SAM
       devices.  Copyright © 2011-2012 ShumaTech (http://www.shumatech.com)

OPTIONS

       -e, --erase
              erase the entire flash

       -w, --write
              write FILE to the flash; accelerated when combined with erase option

       -r, --read[=SIZE]
              read SIZE from flash and store in FILE; read entire flash if SIZE not specified

       -v, --verify
              verify FILE matches flash contents

       -p, --port=PORT
              use serial PORT to communicate to device; default  behavior  is  to  auto-scan  all
              serial ports

       -b, --boot[=BOOL]
              boot  from  ROM  if  BOOL  is  0; boot from FLASH if BOOL is 1 [default]; option is
              ignored on unsupported devices

       -c, --bod[=BOOL]
              no brownout detection if BOOL is 0; brownout detection is on if BOOL is 1 [default]

       -t, --bor[=BOOL]
              no brownout reset if BOOL is 0; brownout reset is on if BOOL is 1 [default]

       -l, --lock[=REGION]
              lock the flash REGION as a comma-separated list; lock all if not given [default]

       -u, --unlock[=REGION] unlock the flash REGION as a comma-separated list;
              unlock all if not given [default]

       -s, --security
              set the flash security flag

       -i, --info
              display device information

       -d, --debug
              print debug messages

       -h, --help
              display this help text

EXAMPLES

       bossac -e -w -v -b image.bin
              # Erase flash, write flash with image.bin, # verify the write, and  set  boot  from
              flash

       bossac -r0x10000 image.bin
              # Read 64KB from flash and store in image.bin

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bugs@shumatech.com>