Standalone Flash executable

Hi all,

Is there a way to generate a standalone binary for the flash portion of PyOCD? It looks like in the how_to_build.md there are instructions for building a standalone executable but I see that it is outdated, as the option for building the flash tool on its own has been removed.

We've adopted the DAP-Link project as our debugger/programmer of choice in our Engineering team and my use case is as follows: Our hardware engineers would like to be able to take a .hex file given to them and flash a target at their bench without requiring too much setup (This is mostly a severe allergic reaction to having to open a CL 🙄). The same goes for our clients who are not as technically adept, but would like to be able to update their devices without sending them back to our office.

I would like to create a GUI application that will build the latest PyOCD Flash tool and package it along side our application. (Think J-Flash for the J-Link suite of tools). That way we can send a DAP-Link probe, Installer/Executable and their new Firmware and the end user is able to update without too much hassle.

Is this an existing feature or is it a potential new feature that could be added (again)?

Thanks!

Start with docs/how_to_build.md and inspect the current standalone executable instructions, especially the removed option for building the flash tool independently. Clarify whether standalone flash packaging is still supported, then define completion around an agreed build path and corresponding documentation for producing the requested executable.