Arduino firmware upload script using `Eclipse Arduino IDE` and `inotool`

arduino-upload.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import tempfile


def get_hex_files():
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
        for file in files:
            if file.lower().endswith('.hex'):
                yield os.path.join(root, file)


def main():
    if os.getuid() != 0:
        raise Exception('this must be run as root')

    hex_files = [file for file in get_hex_files()]

    if len(hex_files) > 1:
        raise Exception('to many hex files. clean your project and proceed')

    if not len(hex_files):
        raise Exception('hex file are missing. build and run again')

    hex_file_path = hex_files[0]

    if not os.path.isfile(hex_file_path):
        raise Exception('hex file {0} not found'.format(hex_file_path))

    temp_dir_path = tempfile.mkdtemp()

    os.makedirs(os.path.join(temp_dir_path, 'src'))

    leonardo_build_path = os.path.join(temp_dir_path, '.build', 'leonardo')

    os.makedirs(leonardo_build_path)
    shutil.copy2(hex_file_path, os.path.join(leonardo_build_path, 'firmware.hex'))

    os.chdir(temp_dir_path)
    subprocess.call(['ino', 'upload', '--board', 'leonardo'])

    shutil.rmtree(temp_dir_path)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    except Exception as ex:
        print ex

place it in /opt/arduino-upload/upload.py

add execution permissions

sudo chmod +x /opt/arduino-upload/upload.py

create a symlink to run from everywhere

sudo ln -s /opt/arduino-upload/upload.py /usr/local/bin/arduino-upload

build your eclipse project using Eclipse Arduino IDE

cd to your eclipse project dir and run sudo arduino-upload

cd ~/workspace/blinker/
sudo arduino-upload