flash-hhkb-yang

#!/bin/bash

BIN_FILE="$1"
PAD_BIN_FILE="true"

BEFORE="$( ls -1 /dev/sd? )"

if [[ ! -f $BIN_FILE ]]; then
    echo "Hmm... can't find firmware file at $BIN_FILE" 2>&1
    exit 1
fi

# Pad file to make it exactly 26 KB
if [[ $PAD_BIN_FILE == "true" ]]; then
    TARGET_SIZE=26624
    ORIG_SIZE="$( du -b $BIN_FILE | awk '{ print $1 }' )"
    echo "Original file size is $ORIG_SIZE bytes"

    if [[ $TARGET_SIZE == $ORIG_SIZE ]]; then
        echo "No need to pad"
    else
        # Create backup file just in case
        cp $BIN_FILE $BIN_FILE.orig

        dd if=/dev/null of=$BIN_FILE bs=1 count=1 seek=26624 2>/dev/null
        # Note: Another way to do this
        # truncate -s 26K $BIN_FILE
        echo "Padded $BIN_FILE to 26624 bytes"
    fi
fi

echo "You may be prompted for your password so this script can execute sudo"
sudo echo "OK! You can now plug in your keyboard in flash mode" || exit 0

while true; do
    AFTER="$( ls -1 /dev/sd? )"

    PLUGGED_IN="$( diff <( echo "$BEFORE" | sort ) <( echo "$AFTER" | sort ) | awk '/^> /{ print $2 }' )"

    if [[ -n $PLUGGED_IN ]]; then
        break
    fi

    sleep 0.5
done

echo "Detected new device at $PLUGGED_IN"
for t in {9..1}; do
    echo -n -e "Flashing $PLUGGED_IN in $t\r"
    sleep 1
done
if [[ ! -e $PLUGGED_IN ]]; then
    echo "$PLUGGED_IN seemed to have disappeared. Did you pull it out?" 2>&1
    exit 1
fi

echo -e "\nFlashing!"
sudo dd if="$BIN_FILE" of="$PLUGGED_IN" seek=4

Use this script to flash your firmware binary file to your keyboard. I use yang's controller (v2.5) for my HHKB Pro2.

1. Run flash-keyboard /path/to/bin/file
2. You may be prompted to enter your password. This is required to run the dd command
3. Disconnect your keyboard, enter flash mode and connect again (I normally connect while pressing ESC, with the Bluetooth power switched off)
4. Wait 10 seconds. If you want to cancel the flash, either disconnect your keyboard or exit flash mode and hit Ctrl-c