Drive the Krikzz FlashKit Programmer MD to flash Sega Genesis carts from the command-line.
Project description
FlashKit MD Python Client
This is a Python command-line tool to drive the Krikzz FlashKit Programmer MD. It allows you to rewrite Sega Genesis / MegaDrive flash carts from the command line, as opposed to the original software which require .NET and a GUI.
- Original C# GUI tool and hardware design:
- Purchase the hardware from the designer:
Main motivations for this rewrite:
- Command-line operation
- Runs everywhere with Python 3 instead of .NET/Mono
Functional improvements over the original:
- ROM region code parsing is more detailed, accurate, and readable
- Can tell the difference between ROM size and Flash chip size, avoiding oversized ROM dumps from flash carts
- Uses CFI to establish successful communication with flash before writing (saves time if something is very wrong with your cart)
- Offers debug methods and arguments, which helped in the development of my own flash cart
Installation
python3 -m pip install flashkit
License
Released under GPL v3. See LICENSE.md.
Derived from the original software by Krikzz, which was also released under GPL v3.
Dependencies
- Python 3
- argparse library (included with Python)
- datetime library (included with Python)
- hashlib library (included with Python)
- typing library (included with Python)
- serial library (Ubuntu package
python3-serial
orpython3 -m pip install pyserial
for development)
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