CCS/CCSTUDIO: Binay files as variable storage

Hi,

So you are already using EMIF for your EPROM access ?
If EMIF is configured for EPROM access you may be able to set-up memory sections in your project's .cmd files something like :

MEMORY
{
MICROCHIP_EPROM (RIX) : origin = 0x800000, length = 0x0400000 // whatever EPROM origin address you are using, and its length etc.
}

then :

SECTIONS
{
.text > SARAM ALIGN = 4
.switch > SARAM
.const > SARAM
.cinit > SARAM

...
...
...

.spxHeap > DARAM, fill = 0xBEEF
.spxScratch > DARAM, fill = 0xABCD

.EPROM > MICROCHIP_EPROM
}

you could use the following declaration or something similar :

#pragma DATA_SECTION (Buffer[], ".MICROCHIP_EPROM"); // tell the compiler that Buffer array is MICROCHIP_EPROM data section
Uint16 * Buffer = 0x800000; // Declare pointer to Uint16 called Buffer and set to the expected EPROM address

you may then try to read the Buffer[] array to see if it contains the values you wrote with your EPROM programmer.

Yoou may need to modify it slightly to your needs and read-up on the #pragma DATA_SECTION , MEMORY, SECTION directived to see what extra details you can specify to let the compiler/linker know of your intensions with respect to the memory mapping etc.

Cannot tell if it'll work as I don't use EMIF for EPROM, but rather for SDRAM ... you may find a variation on it that does what you need though.

Regards,
MM

Hi,

Just another thought, you may want to look into malloc() aswell for dynamically allocating the array into EPROM memory space.

Cheers, MM