Rpi Image Flash app has been developed and tested on below environment
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For easy On boarding of the developers for the R-PI Target , image Flashing in SD card , proceces made easy with Image Flash App.
In an Image flash app , with 3 easy step user can flash an image on SD card.
1) Select an SD card on which user want to flash image.
2) choose default option or upload an image
3) Press 'Flash Image' button to start image flash on SD card
Follow below steps to run application on host pc and create installer package
$ npm install
$ npm install --save-dev electron
$npm run start
Follow below steps to create installer package for linux/windows/mac
$ sudo npm install -g electron-packager
$ sudo npm install -g electron-installer-debian
$ electron-packager . --platform linux --arch x64 --out dist --overwrite
$ electron-installer-debian --src dist/EMV-linux-x64/ --arch amd64 --config config.json
For the complete documentation on electronjs refer link: https://www.electronjs.org/.
→ Insert SD card in to host PC .
→ Select desired SD card from dropdown list.
→ Select Default checkbox.
→ Press Flash Image button.
→ Insert SD card in to host PC .
→ Select desired SD card from dropdown list.
→ Upload image
→ Press Flash Image button.
