diff --git a/devloader/devloader.py b/devloader/devloader.py
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+from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+def getReq():
+    req = {
+        'flash_address': '0x08000000',
+        'data': '',
+        'device': '',
+        'method': 'STLINK'
+    }
+    data = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'devloader', 'data', 'fancyblink.bin')
+    with open(data, 'rb') as f:
+        req['data'] = f.read()
+        f.close()
+    print 'Image has', len(req['data']), 'bytes'
+    return req
+
+
+def getFlasher(method, data, address):
+    flasher = {}
+    os_arch = 'macosx-x86_64'
+    root = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'devloader', 'data')
+    if method == 'STLINK':
+        flasher['program'] = os.path.join(root, os_arch, 'st-flash')
+        flasher['args'] = ['write', data, address]
+    else:
+        return None
+    return flasher
+
+
+def processReq(req):
+    temp = tempfile.mktemp()
+    result = { 'output': '' }
+    with open(temp, 'wb') as f:
+        f.write(req['data'])
+        f.close()
+        flasher = getFlasher(req['method'], temp, req['flash_address'])
+        cmd = ' '.join([flasher['program']] + flasher['args'] + ["2>&1"])
+        with os.popen(cmd, 'r') as pipe:
+            for line in pipe:
+                result['output'] = result['output'] + line
+    print 'res=', result['output']
+    os.unlink(temp)
+    return result
+
+
+
+class Handler:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # make all of the string functions available through
+        # string.func_name
+        import string
+        self.string = string
+        
+    def _listMethods(self):
+        # implement this method so that system.listMethods
+        # knows to advertise the strings methods
+        return list_public_methods(self) + \
+                ['string.' + method for method in list_public_methods(self.string)]
+        
+    def flash(self, req):
+        return processReq(req)
+
+server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
+server.register_introspection_functions()
+server.register_instance(Handler())
+server.serve_forever()
+
+def main0():
+    req = getReq()
+    processReq(req)
+
+
+def main():
+    server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
+    server.register_introspection_functions()
+    server.register_instance(Handler())
+    server.serve_forever()
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()