Hex Editor for EEPROM

[Darrel Taylor]

I guess I don't understand.

That's the way I'd expect to see a HEX editor.

How are you expecting it to be displayed?

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[exelanoz]

I guess I don't understand.

That's the way I'd expect to see a HEX editor.

No...No...it's probably me doing things in a non-conventional way. :-)

I sometimes hold my soldering iron back to front. :-))))

For example: Have a look at my earlier post with screen shot A or B

I highlighted the characters saved on the EEPROM in the Pink section.
See how they are 'human' readable.
Yet, that same file in XVi32 displays like my screen shot C. And the right column has a bunch of numbers that is not 'human' readable.

Sorry it might be my bad explanation, or I am doing it the wrong way.

Thnx

AP

[skimask]

No...No...it's probably me doing things in a non-conventional way. :-)

I sometimes hold my soldering iron back to front. :-))))

For example: Have a look at my earlier post with screen shot A or B

I highlighted the characters saved on the EEPROM in the Pink section.
See how they are 'human' readable.
Yet, that same file in XVi32 displays like my screen shot C. And the right column has a bunch of numbers that is not 'human' readable.

Sorry it might be my bad explanation, or I am doing it the wrong way.

Thnx

AP

Looks top me like the first 2 screenshots are reading an Intel HEX file and doing the format conversion for you, whereas shot C is reading the raw Intel HEX file format and displaying that instead...key words here...Intel HEX file FORMAT...

[exelanoz]

Hello Skimask,

Thanks for info....
I've searched on google using 'intel hex editor', I have DL a few freeware & shareware, but none "convert" it to what I call human readable character format.

I don't mind paying for it, if it works well, but so far some had crashed...(e.g Taruns Editor) and then I tried 010 Editor, but that doesn't display it the way I need it.

In the meantime - - if I don't come across anything, I might have to persist with what I am currently using.

Many thanks

AP

[Jerson]

I think you need a plain text editor. If needed, you would like to see the ascii code of a character? Right? If this is what you need, seriously look at pspad. It has both plain text editing and hex code for the character that the cursor is over. If not happy and you want screen shot C, you can switch to the hex editor mode.

Hope I understood you properly

Jerson

[skimask]

Hello Skimask,

Thanks for info....
I've searched on google using 'intel hex editor', I have DL a few freeware & shareware, but none "convert" it to what I call human readable character format.

I don't mind paying for it, if it works well, but so far some had crashed...(e.g Taruns Editor) and then I tried 010 Editor, but that doesn't display it the way I need it.

In the meantime - - if I don't come across anything, I might have to persist with what I am currently using.

Many thanks

AP

Seems to me that most of those programs should be able to 'load' as an Intel HEX formatted file, and 'save' to a straight binary file...
Any options in those programs for that?

[Darrel Taylor]

I think the problem here is that Intel HEX files have CheckSum's on every line.

If you edit a single character anywhere in the file, the file will no longer be valid. So not only does the editor have to format things so you can read them, but it also has to recalculate checksums after each change.

Not likely to find a Freeware for that.

It would probably just be easier to create the file using MPLAB.

A series of db statements should make it pretty easy to edit. But if you're just editing existing files, then that won't work too well either.
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