Circuitpython without USB storage device -- is possible? Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

[cheekrw]

For security reasons my computer does not allow writing to a USB mass storage device. Am I out of luck for circuitpython? Maybe I need to learn about alternate bootloaders? Or maybe there's a secret dance I can do with the current UF2 bootloader?

[DanGR]

Here is a way with an iphone or ipad.
https://learn.adafruit.com/use-circuitp ... phone-ipad

[tannewt]

The UF2 bootloader works with `bossac` like classic Arduino. It works over serial.

We don't have any official way to load files to CircuitPython without mass storage but a tool like rshell for MicroPython may work with CircuitPython. We are considering adding file access over BLE. Would that work for you?

[cheekrw]

Thanks for the response.

I have a BLE board around here somewhere. I think that should work. I'll try and report back here. I mean, it will be Arduino IDE but that should say whether BLE is a path here.

I'll also keep poking at other ways to do this without mass storage.

Regards