On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> Does anyone know of a tool to compare two HEX files ?
>
> The problem with using "normal" file compare tools, is that
> two HEX files could look different, but they could still be
> functional the same. The reason is of course that different
> things (memory sections) in the HEX file don't have to come
> in any special or fixed order. As when using one HEX file to
> flash a part, and then reading back the contents to a new
> file.
>
> I need a tool tool that  knows how to read and interpret
> the HEX data from two files and report any differences.

How about:
   1) Run both files through a disassembler
   2) Compare resulting source files

While it only supports a limited number of PICs, you can try my
PICDIS program (www.picemulator.com) or one of the other disassemblers
from my links page.

Bill

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