This link isn't for PIC's, but it does describe the Intel Hex format, and
how to program the ADuC812:

        http://www.analog.com/microconverter/download/uC004.pdf

You did say you wanted to support other processors. I wrote a windows-based
programmer (C++, MSVC 5.0) for this chip, in case anyone out there is
interested.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anton Schoultz [mailto:antons@EPOS.CO.ZA]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 7:45 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PIC]:Format of HEX and INX/INHX files


Hi all,

I am a newbie to Pic's and have just finished my first project
(Digital clock using PIC16c84).

In short, I would like to do my own programmer directly from
HEX and/or INHX files, my reason for this follows...

Can any point me in the direction of the types of files that
the assembler generates, together with descriptions of the
format. (.HEX and INHX formats in particular) I want to
use them in a programmer.

REASON FOR PROGRAMMER..

I found it a pain to develop in Windoze and re-boot to DOS
to program the chip.

The programmer I have does some 'bit banging' on the printer
port and NT gets in the way. Furthermore, moving the PIC to and
fro between the programmer and the proto-board became annoying.

For my next project I want to build a programmer that will run
off a com port instead, ideally accepting the .HEX file produced
from the assembler. So all I need to do to program a chip is to
send the .HEX / .INX etc file to the com port. My programmer
would then decode the file and produce the signals for
in-circuit-programming. I want to make the programmer as
generic as possible, so that it could support all sorts of
flash micros.


Many thanks in advance

Anton Schoultz
mailto:antons@ePOS.co.za
tel: +27 11 267-9564

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