Unable to use .dat files from matlab correctly in CCS

KIRTI said:

I found a header(1651 2 0 0 0) mentioned in the .dat file given in one of the examples in CCS tutorials..What does this header at the top of file indicate?

From the CCS 3.3 online help:

Code Composer Studio data file

A text file that contains one line of header information and stores the data as one sample per line. The data can be in any of the following formats:

· Hexadecimal

· Integer

· Long

· Float

The header information for data files uses the following syntax:

MagicNumber  Format StartingAddress PageNum Length

MagicNumber: Fixed at 1651.

Format: A number from 1 to 4, indicating the format of the samples in the file. This number represents a data format: hexadecimal, integer, long, or float. 

StartingAddress: The starting address of the block that was saved.

PageNum: The page number the block was taken from.

Length: The number of samples in the block.

All header values are assumed to be TI-style hexadecimal values.