Change Note 2025-03-06

Tools

  • makeuf2 is extended and tested to run on macOS.
  • The not longer supported abin2uf2 and abin2uf22 are archived.

Config Files

  • The config files for Astrobe for Cortex-M0 are converted to the new v10 format.
  • This includes using forward slashes / for the library search path for macOS compatibility.

Command Line Tools (Professional Edition)

  • The command line tools of Astrobe for Cortex-M0 v10.0 are tested to work on macOS.
  • OberonDev runs on macOS as well, if only for the sole v10.0 product available today, ie. Astrobe for Cortex-M0, which can generate code for the RP2040 as well as for the RP2350.
  • That is, software development using Oberon and Astrobe for Cortex-M0 on macOS is now supported with an end-to-end toolchain, including binary conversion to .uf2 and upload, via makeuf2. The Astrobe tools for the other MCUs will be added upon v10.0 availability.

Repo Updates

  • The repository may get updated between change notes, if there’s a fixed defect.
  • However, changes to a module’s API or behaviour are only pushed together with a corresponding change note.