pykitinfo - Python Kit Information

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.

Install using pip from pypi.org:

pip install pykitinfo

Browse source code on github

Read API documentation on github

pykitinfo currently supports:

• all PKOB nano (nEDBG), mEDBG and EDBG kits
• Atmel-ICE, Power Debugger, JTAGICE3
• PICkit3, PKOB
• PICkit4, Snap, PKOB4, PICkit5
• MCP2221A

Usage

pykitinfo can be used as a library or as a CLI

CLI usage

When installed using pip, pykitinfo CLI is located in the Python scripts folder.

CLI example - simple list of connected kits

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

CLI example - simple list of connected kits with specific serial number

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

CLI example - brief lookup of serial port of connected kit

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

CLI example - long form list of connected kits

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
    }
  }
]

Library usage example

pykitinfo can be imported and used as a library.

# Example usage of 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']))

Notes for Linux® systems

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