Nol.A-Tools
The Nol.A-Tools is a command line interface for Nol.A-SDK. The Nol.A-SDK is a software development kit for IoT device firmware development.
Installation
Prerequisites
- OS: macOS, Linux, Windows (WSL2 based Linux)
- Python3
Install command
python3 -m pip install nola_tools
Update command
python3 -m pip install nola_tools --upgrade
Usage
Login
For private users,
nola login={user name}:{token}
Print information
nola info
Build
nola build
If you want to change the board, specify the new board name like below:
nola build={new board name}
You can retrieve the available boards by using nola info.
SDK Library Development Mode
For private users,
nola devmode={path to libnola source directory}
Flash
nola flash={options...}
The options must be specified according to which debugger is used.
J-Link
To use J-Link as a flashing tool, setting jlink path variable is required.
For macOS, and Linux users,
nola path=jlink:{Absolute path to JLinkExe}
For Windows WSL2 users, the JLink.exe in the Windows region must be used.
nola path=jlink:/mnt/c/Program\\\ Files/SEGGER/JLink_V794/JLink.exe
The flash option must be jlink.
nola flash=jlink
ST-Link
To use ST-Link as a flashing tool, setting stm32cube path variable is required.
For macOS, and Linux users,
nola path=jlink:{Absolute path to STM32_Programmer_CLI}
For Windows WSL2 users, the STM32_Programmer_CLI.exe in the Windows region must be used.
nola path=stm32cube:/mnt/c/Program\\\ Files/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/bin/STM32_Programmer_CLI.exe
If you want to use the SWD interface,
nola flash=stlink:swd
If you want to use the ST's internal system bootloader,
nola flash=stlink:/dev/ttyUSB0
nola flash=stlink:/dev/cu.usbmodem0000
nola flash=stlink:com3
SDK Version
Checkout
The current and available SDK version numbers can be retrieved by using nola info command.
You can change the SDK version number like below:
nola checkout={new version number}
Update
You can update the SDK version like below:
nola update
Path Variables
In order to use commands such as flash, external application paths must be specified first.
nola path={key}:{value}
You can also retrieve all specified paths like below:
nola path
