Provide a quick guide on the following:

• How to download and install UniFlash and Minicom on Linux
• How to get output using Minicom on Linux

Download and installation of UniFlash

1. Go to this website https://www.ti.com/tool/UNIFLASH and scroll down to Downloads then on the right there will be a Download options and click it
2. Scroll down until you find UniFlash Linux Installer, click it and download. It should download a file ending with .run
3. Open up a terminal and navigate to your Downloads directory or wherever this file was installed
4. Change this file permission by running chmod u+x {file} where {file} is replaced with the downloaded file name (make sure you have the appropriate permissions to change file permissions)
5. Run ./{file}
6. An installer should appear and select Add this application to the desktop or equivalent (You might not be able to find it later if you don’t)
7. Go through the installer, selecting any default options
8. If all goes well, UniFlash should be installed, otherwise, try again from a previous step such as Step 5

Installing and configuring Minicom

• This website provides an in-depth guide on using and setting up Minicom: https://wiki.emacinc.com/wiki/Getting_Started_With_Minicom
• Installation:
  1. Install dependency: sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0
  2. Link the dependency: sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
  3. Open up a terminal and run sudo apt-get install minicom
• You should be able run lsusb to print all in-use USB ports

Flashing

• Follow the instructions listed on the repo under Flashing https://github.com/UWOrbital/OBC-firmware#flashing

Testing

1. Search for the USB port: dmesg | grep -i "tty" and select the same one that should be displayed in the UniFlash application