bladeRF-install-firmware(1)

💖 bladeRF-install-firmware — Nuand's BladeRF Firmware Utility 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to bladeRF-install-firmware(1) — section 1 of the manual, Nuand's very own BladeRF Firmware Utility. she's giving "help me get the right firmware onto my board without me crying". let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

bladeRF-install-firmware — BladeRF Firmware Utility. that's it, that's the name, short and iconic 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bladeRF-install-firmware [-h] [show help] [-i imagedir]
[image_directory] [-f fpgaimage] [fpkg_image_file] [-u usbimage]
[fx3_image_file]

look at her, all flags and brackets. so many options for a program that (spoiler) works best with, like, none of them 😭

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

ngl the real tea here is: this program works best without any arguments. like, just run it. that's the whole vibe.

but if you already have the firmware tarball and you're wanting to install it on a system that has no Internet access (no wifi, no ethernet, nothing, tragic), then you can run this script with that file as an argument. periodt.

the flags from the synopsis, laid out for you:

• -h — [show help]
• -i imagedir — [image_directory]
• -f fpgaimage — [fpkg_image_file]
• -u usbimage — [fx3_image_file]

iykyk. that's the whole option menu, babes 🍓

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the situation, and it's a little messy:

the FPGA image is built using non-free software and is not distributed by Debian. yeah. so this program exists to make it easier for the end user (you, hi 💖) to get the recommended images from Nuand.com.

the bladeRF-cli application is what's actually used to load the FX3 firmware and the FPGA firmware. she's the workhorse, this script is just the cute little helper holding her coffee ☕

here's the part you need to remember, and I'm saying it with my whole chest:

• the FX3 firmware only needs to be loaded once — it's stored in flash, and it survives power cycling. so like, load it and forget it, she's settled ✨
• the FPGA image needs to be loaded every single time. every time. no exceptions. it's giving high-maintenance and we respect her for it 💅

and now the part you actually came for — the recommended firmware and FPGA images to use:

• FX3 Image: https://nuand.com/fx3/latest.img
• FPGA: https://nuand.com/fpga

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms for the Debian project (but may be used by others). we love a humble legend 🫶

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (c) 2013 A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>

and now the full legal text, verbatim, because we do not mess with license wording, no cap:

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OR
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IN
 THE SOFTWARE.

so basically: do whatever you want with it, just keep the notice, and if it breaks, that's on you bestie 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• bladeRF-cli(1) — the main character herself, go read it

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and that's the page!! this one's from BLADERF, version 3.7.1, and yeah she's literally called bladeRF-install-firmware(1) down at the bottom of the original too. go load that firmware, you've got this 💖✨🎀🌸🧚‍♀️