Program for read .hex file

Pablo Trujillo

Hello all!,

Long time ago I need a program for reads and understands .hex file. All programs that I found, simply pass all characters of the file to hexadecimal and write on right of file a memory address that is not correct. I want a program that understand commands in hex file, like address offsets, and show the correct addresss. Anybody knows some? Thaks everybody!

over 10 years ago

0 Gautam Iyer over 10 years ago

Guru 192875 points

Hi Pablo,

Which controller are you using?

Regards,
Gautam

0 Pablo Trujillo over 10 years ago in reply to Gautam Iyer

Intellectual 370 points

Hello Gautam,
Controller? What does it means controller? I need a program for PC for read .hex files in Intel hex format. I do not know if I answered your question... Thanks!!

0 Gautam Iyer over 10 years ago in reply to Pablo Trujillo

Guru 192875 points

Ohh.. Got it Pablo! I guess you're looking for Hex Editor kind of application that can read your hex file and give you detailed info. Didn't any of the available hex editors satisfy your requirement?

0 Pablo Trujillo over 10 years ago in reply to Gautam Iyer

Intellectual 370 points

Hi Gautam!, no... all readers that I found only re writes the text in hexadecimal and add on right an address... I want a reader that known the intel hex format, length of the frame, address offset, end of file....

0 desouza over 10 years ago in reply to Pablo Trujillo

TI__Guru**** 171309 points

Pablo,

From your original post:

Pablo Trujillo said:
All programs that I found, simply pass all characters of the file to hexadecimal and write on right of file a memory address that is not correct. I want a program that understand commands in hex file, like address offsets, and show the correct addresss.

I found about WinHex on an external forum(check the third reply) and tested it using some of the .hex files generated with CCS. As instructed by the thread, by using Ctrl-R I converted the Intel to binary format, which showed the memory (starting from address 0x0) with the code/data correctly placed at the addresses defined in my original project (all non-allocated addresses were filled with 0xFF).

Would that help you?

Unfortunately it does not provide a summary of the allocated memory and size, similarly to CCS map file.

Hope this helps,

Rafael

0 Pablo Trujillo over 10 years ago in reply to desouza

Intellectual 370 points

Hello Rafael,

I found this program last night in the same page as you found and is valid for me! maybe it would be better if could compare files but is alright. Thanks!!

0 desouza over 10 years ago in reply to Pablo Trujillo

TI__Guru**** 171309 points

Pablo,

I am glad the utility works for you. For comparison of text files, I have been using Beyond Compare for years and absolutely love it. An open source alternative is WinMerge, which I use at home and it has been proven equally useful. Both nicely work with both Windows Explorer and a freeware replacement that I have also been using for years called Freecommander.

All these utilities have been absolutely critical for my day-to-day activities.

Cheers,

Rafael

0 Pablo Trujillo over 10 years ago in reply to desouza

Intellectual 370 points

Oh! I use beyond compare everyday and it's great, but this program for compare text files (for source files for example). It s not usable for compare memory files between different intel hex files. Thanks!!

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