Generating .bin file in CCS v5.2

Hi Patricio,

what target do you use? 

Do you see the option already there under "Apply predefined post build step"?

Best Regards,

Lisa

Hi Lisa,

I'm using LM3S1165 and I have already  tried with these three options (Clear All, TI-TXT, Intel-HEX) and I'm still getting only the .out file on the Debug folder of my workspace (C:\Documents and Settings\pdubini\workspace_v5_1\testARM\Debug).

Thank you for your fast response!

Patricio

Hi Patricio,

Have a look and see if this post gets you the answer you need and please keep us informed.

http://e2e.ti.com/support/development_tools/code_composer_studio/f/81/t/65174.aspx

Best Regards,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,

I have tried with the following sentence (included on the post that applies for CCS v4) but it's not working for CCS v5.2 :

"${CCE_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/ofd470.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/hex470.exe" "${CCE_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"

Any ideas on how to solve it? Thanks again!!

Patricio

Hi Patricio,

this is to create a hex.  Please read the post carefuly.

Also there is an error in that the top line should be CCS not CCE.

Try

"${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin"

You may need to adjust where the tiobj2bin.bat is but that is what you are looking for.

Mine was here so it seems the location has not changed much:

F:\CCS\RC1\ccsv5\utils\tiobj2bin

Please give that a try and keep us informed.

Best Regards,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,

Is that sentence working for you? Unfortunately is not working for me...

The path in my case is: C:\ti\ccsv5\utils\tiobj2bin\tiobj2bin.bat

Thanks again!

Patricio

HI Particio,

ok let me see if we can verify a couple things here and put together some steps for you.   Sorry for any confusion ... I will come back to you as soon as I can.

Best Regards,
Lisa

Hi Patricio,

try the following which worked for me when added as a post build step in CCS ...

"${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/ofd470.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/hex470.exe" "${CCE_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"

Please keep us informed.

Best Regards,

Lisa

Hi Lisa,

This sentence is not working for me... Could you tell me please which are your paths for: {CCS_INSTALL_ROOT} , {CG_TOOL_ROOT} and {CCE_INSTALL_ROOT} ?

So that I can verify if those files are on my disc... Thanks again!

Patricio

Hi Lisa,

It's working for me now! Thank you so much for the support!

Best regards,

Patricio

Hi Patriciio,

great glad to hear and all the best with development.

Best Regards,
Lisa

For CCS 5.3

"${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armofd.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armhex.exe" "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"

Small change :)

Regards

Paddy

Hi

 i am new user to CCS. i am trying to run few sample application on ti am3894 (cortex a8) processor. i built the one sample project and i am getting .out as output; to convert into binary i used the "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armofd.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armhex.exe" "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe" in post build. i am getting below mentioned error.

C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/utils/gmake/gmake --no-print-directory post-build
"C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "uart_loopback.out" "uart_loopback.bin" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/tools/compiler/tms470/bin/armofd.exe" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/tools/compiler/tms470/bin/armhex.exe" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"
The system cannot find the path specified.
gmake[1]: [post-build] Error 1 (ignored)

i tried to copy all the exe into single folder and ran through  command prompt.

gmake --no-print-directory post-build "tiobj2bin.bat" "uart_loopback.out" "uart_loopback.bin" "ofd470.exe" "hex470.exe" "mkhex4bin.exe"

and the output is

"C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "uart_l
oopback.out" "uart_loopback.bin" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/tools
/compiler/tms470/bin/armofd.exe" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/tools
/compiler/tms470/bin/armhex.exe" "C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/ccsv5/utils
/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"
The system cannot find the path specified.
gmake: [post-build] Error 1 (ignored)
' '
gmake: Nothing to be done for `tiobj2bin.bat'.
gmake: `uart_loopback.out' is up to date.
gmake: *** No rule to make target `uart_loopback.bin'.  Stop.

one more try i done is below

D:\CCS\uart_loopback\Debug>gmake "tiobj2bin.bat" "uart_loopback.out" "uart_loopb
ack.bin" "ofd470.exe" "hex470.exe" "mkhex4bin.exe"
gmake: Nothing to be done for `tiobj2bin.bat'.
gmake: `uart_loopback.out' is up to date.
gmake: *** No rule to make target `uart_loopback.bin'.  Stop.

how to generate .bin?

Sankar

I have tried with command prompt >tiobj2bin.bat  uart_loopback.out uart_loopb ack.bin

its generating binary file with default settings. will it work same as the process suggested by CCS?

Sankar

Lisa,

I am having the same problem as Patricia. I'm having trouble creating a bin file. I can't find the .out file within the debug folder of my project. Can you give me any tips on how to create an .out file or a .bin file directly?

Thank you,

Brian

Hi,

reason for not able to create .out file may be your project has some errors, or settings issue,  please take blinky project and compare your project settings

and able to create out file and not .bin please enter below command under project settings -> build -> steps -> command

"${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin.bat" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armofd.exe" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armhex.exe" "${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin.exe"

Regards

- Paddy

Actually the correct way is:

In Properties->Build->Steps Tab:

Enter:

"${CCE_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin" "${BuildArtifactFileName}" "${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armofd" "${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armhex" "${CCE_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin"

Remember, above is a single line. Command is in red. Rest are just parameters.

It builds the *.bin file in either Debug or Release folder.

It should be noted that that syntax will not work in Linux. In my Ubuntu 16.04, that gave a "Command not found" and "Ignored" errors. Somewhere I found a tip to change the double quotes to single ones, and it works:

'${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/tiobj2bin' '${BuildArtifactFileName}' '${BuildArtifactFileBaseName}.bin' '${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armofd'  '${CG_TOOL_ROOT}/bin/armhex' '${CCS_INSTALL_ROOT}/utils/tiobj2bin/mkhex4bin'