pykitinfo provides information about connected Microchip development kits and tools
pykitinfo will scan the USB subsystem for connected Microchip development kits, and provide information such as kit name, mounted device, serial port identifier, and extension information.
pykitinfo is available:
- install using pip from pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pykitinfo
- browse source code on github: https://github.com/microchip-pic-avr-tools/pykitinfo
- read API documentation on github: https://microchip-pic-avr-tools.github.io/pykitinfo
pykitinfo currently supports:
- all PKOB nano (nEDBG), mEDBG and EDBG kits
- Atmel-ICE, Power Debugger, JTAGICE3
- PICkit3, PKOB
- PICkit4, Snap, PKOB4, PICkit5
- MCP2221A
pykitinfo can be used as a library or as a CLI
pykitinfo
Displays a simple list of kits in the form: Kit SERIAL-NUMBER: 'KIT-NAME' (DEVICE-NAME) on SERIAL-PORT
For example:
pykitinfo
Looking for Microchip kits...
Compatible kits detected: 8
Kit MCHP3349011800000000: 'AVR-IoT WA' (ATmega4808) on COM21
Kit MCHP3280021800000000: 'AVR128DA48 Curiosity Nano' (AVR128DA48) on COM17
Kit ATML2241020200000000: 'SAM L21 Xplained Pro' (ATSAML21J18A) on COM34
Kit J41800000000: 'Atmel-ICE CMSIS-DAP' () on N/A
Kit J50200000000: 'Power Debugger CMSIS-DAP' () on N/A
Kit ATML2323040200000000: 'mEDBG' (ATmega328P) on COM26
Kit BUR180115004: 'Explorer 16/32 PICkit on Board' () on N/A
Kit 020063002RYN000091: 'Curiosity Nano Explorer' (N/A) on COM74
pykitinfo -s <serialnumber ending>
Displays a simple list of kits in the form: Kit SERIAL-NUMBER: 'KIT-NAME' (DEVICE-NAME) on SERIAL-PORT
For example:
pykitinfo -s 29
Looking for Microchip kits...
Compatible kits detected: 1
Kit MCHP3352011800000029: 'PIC-IoT WA' (PIC24FJ128GA705) on COM22
pykitinfo -b
Displays ONLY the serial port name of a connected kit. This can be useful for command chaining.
For example:
pykitinfo -b -s 123456
COM12
pykitinfo -l
Displays a JSON formatted list of dictionaries.
For example:
pykitinfo -l
Looking for Microchip kits...
Compatible kits detected: 2
[
{
"debugger": {
"device": "ATmega4808",
"kitname": "AVR-IoT WA",
"product": "nEDBG CMSIS-DAP",
"protocol": "edbg",
"serial_number": "MCHP3349011800000000",
"serial_port": "COM21"
},
"usb": {
"interface": "hid",
"packet_size": 64,
"product_id": 8565,
"product_string": "nEDBG CMSIS-DAP",
"serial_number": "MCHP3349011800000000",
"vendor_id": 1003
}
},
{
"debugger": {
"device": "AVR128DA48",
"kitname": "AVR128DA48 Curiosity Nano",
"product": "nEDBG CMSIS-DAP",
"protocol": "edbg",
"serial_number": "MCHP3280021800000000",
"serial_port": "COM17"
},
"usb": {
"interface": "hid",
"packet_size": 64,
"product_id": 8565,
"product_string": "nEDBG CMSIS-DAP",
"serial_number": "MCHP3280021800000000",
"vendor_id": 1003
}
}
]
# Example: using pykitinfo as a library
import logging
logging.basicConfig(format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s", level=logging.ERROR)
from pykitinfo import pykitinfo
kits = pykitinfo.detect_all_kits()
for kit in kits:
print("Found kit: '{}'".format(kit['debugger']['kitname']))
This package uses pyedbglib and other libraries for USB transport and some udev rules are required. For details see the pyedbglib package: https://pypi.org/project/pyedbglib