This is the source code to Microflash — a graphical application to flash programs to the micro:bit. If you install Microflash after downloading a .hex file you will be able to download it to the micro:bit in one click.

Installing

On an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS machine enter the following:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:robert-ancell/microflash-stable
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install microflash

There is also a microflash-edge PPA available if you want to get the latest builds.

Building from source

Get the source:

$ git clone https://github.com/robert-ancell/microflash.git
$ cd microflash

Build and run:

$ meson --prefix $PWD/_install _build/
$ ninja -C _build/
$ ./_build/src/microflash

Contributing

To contribute code to Microflash make a pull request. If you find issues please report them. Please contribute translations.