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>

bossac 1.3                                        October 2013                                         BOSSAC(1)