@dpgeorge I'm not sure how to add the firmware to the hosted files, we probably need to add the entire build dir. Could you please add it? Also, I don't have a devkit to test with, but I did test these instructions with AE3.

./ports/alif/boards/ALIF_ENSEMBLE/board.json unknown features: {'OSPI Flash', 'I2S/PDM Microphone', 'SD Card', 'OSPI HyperRAM', 'Joystick'}

I'm not really sure what the purpose of the "features" tag is, but I can just remove these.

I'm not sure how to add the firmware to the hosted files, we probably need to add the entire build dir.

I think we should add just the files that are needed for deployment over serial. To do that, we should create a target in the Makefile like package which packages up all the needed files into a .zip (or .tgz?). And then tools/autobuild/build-boards.sh can have a function added to it which builds and collects this .zip. That will be very similar to how the cc3200 port works.

I think we should add just the files that are needed for deployment over serial. To do that, we should create a target in the Makefile like package which packages up all the needed files into a .zip (or .tgz?). And then tools/autobuild/build-boards.sh can have a function added to it which builds and collects this .zip. That will be very similar to how the cc3200 port works.

This is fine with me, but it's probably best if you do this step. We could merge the build instructions and board images contained in this PR or feel free to push to the branch/cherry-pick the commits here.

I've now pushed 2 commits to this PR:

• create firmware.zip as part of the alif build process, containing relevant files needed to deploy over SEUART
• add alif to the auto-build scripts, so the boards are built along with all the other boards

I didn't test the zip yet!

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Tested the build and everything works.

@dpgeorge Is the readme/deploy here clear enough? Should we move forward with this PR?