The Particle Binary Version Reader!

If you're building firmware on the Particle Platform, you might be curious to see the metadata stored in your firmware! This module will read any metadata stored in the various modules (bootloader, system, user), and help you understand any dependencies.

Usage

    const Reader = require('binary-version-reader').HalModuleParser;
    const reader = new Reader();
    reader.parseFile('your_binary.bin', function(fileInfo, err) {
        console.log(fileInfo);
    });

You can also inspect a firmware binary from the command line without installing the package:

npx binary-version-reader your_binary.bin

The output is valid JSON, suitable for piping into other tools:

npx binary-version-reader your_binary.bin | jq '.prefixInfo.moduleVersion'

Example output

{
  "filename": "your_binary.bin",
  "crc": {
    "ok": true,
    "storedCrc": "b138f375",
    "actualCrc": "b138f375"
  },
  "prefixInfo": {
    "moduleStartAddy": "80a0000",
    "moduleEndAddy": "80a128c",
    "reserved": 0,
    "moduleFlags": 0,
    "moduleVersion": 2,
    "platformID": 6,
    "moduleFunction": 5,
    "moduleIndex": 1,
    "depModuleFunction": 4,
    "depModuleIndex": 2,
    "depModuleVersion": 1,
    "dep2ModuleFunction": 0,
    "dep2ModuleIndex": 0,
    "dep2ModuleVersion": 0,
    "prefixSize": 24,
    "prefixOffset": 0
  },
  "suffixInfo": {
    "productId": -1,
    "productVersion": -1,
    "fwUniqueId": "f9f552aa98d7e3eab750862a01743024a4d05514021598a4341b3d83b37eda36",
    "reserved": 0,
    "suffixSize": 36,
    "crcBlock": "b138f375"
  }
}

Testing firmware binaries

When you need to create a firmware binary for an integration test, you can use the provided firmwareTestHelper instead of relying on fixtures in your application.

const { firmwareTestHelper, ModuleInfo } = require('binary-version-reader');
const binary = firmwareTestHelper.createFirmwareBinary({ productId: 123, productVersion: 6, platformId: 10, deps: [ { func: ModuleInfo.FunctionType.SYSTEM_PART, index: 1, version: 1210 } ] });

Releasing changes

Packages are only released from the master branch after peer review.

1. make sure you have the latest:
   • $ git checkout master
   • $ git pull
2. make sure tests pass
   • $ npm test
3. bump the version
   • $ npm version <major|minor|patch>
4. push your tags:
   • $ git push origin main --follow-tags