Ascii-Hex Object Format - Texas Instruments TMS320C54x User Manual

10.11.1 ASCII-Hex Object Format (–a Option)
Figure 10–10. ASCII-Hex Object Format
The ASCII-Hex object format supports 16-bit addresses. The format consists
of a byte stream with bytes separated by spaces. Figure 10–10 illustrates the
ASCII-Hex format.
Nonprintable
Address
start code
^B $AXXXX,
XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX. . .^C
Data byte
The file begins with an ASCII STX character (ctrl-B, 02h) and ends with an
ASCII ETX character (ctrl-C, 03h). Address records are indicated with
$AXXXX, in which XXXX is a 4-digit (16-bit) hexadecimal address. The
address records are present only in the following situations:
-
When discontinuities occur
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When the byte stream does not begin at address 0
You can avoid all discontinuities and any address records by using the –image
and –zero options. The output created is a list of byte values.
Description of the Object Formats
Hex Conversion Utility Description
Nonprintable
end code
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