Creating a Custom Hex File

[UserID4331231]

I need help on How to create a customized Hex file.

I have a config space of 8K (Memory IP) . for which we have derived the "initial values", these values are not a fixed pattern or sequence. And over time these initial values may change.

With quartus hex file creation tool I can only initialize hex file with simple patterns, and writing 8k values manually is impractical.

I have a csv file established for derived "initial values", and its format is as following

#8 byte offset in Decimal , #value in signed decimal, #comment 

0 , 15,

8 , 39,

16, 158,

24, 59,

.....

Comment column can be ignored, its for readability of the file.

if a offset is not present, it need to assign a default value (lets say 0) . 

I can easily write a script in python or C to read this csv file and dump a file with .hex extension. But i don't know Hex file encodings.

can you help me to find solution where I can generate .hex file with custom values for every offset? 

attaching example.csv for the reference.

attaching a csv file for the reference 

[RichardTanSY_Altera · Accepted solution]

I believe this is what you're looking for. The Hexadecimal File (.hex) Definition webpage provides the hex format (its code and definition), which may help you write a script to generate the hex file automatically.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/quartushelp/current/index.htm#reference/glossary/def_hexfile.htm

If you're interested, there's also a definition for Memory Initialization File (.mif).

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/quartushelp/current/index.htm#reference/glossary/def_mif.htm

Regards,

Richard

[RichardTanSY_Altera]

Hi OP,

Any update on this?

Do you able to resolve the issue?

Regards,

Richard Tan

[RichardTanSY_Altera]

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[UserID4331231]

can close this topic. I found information what i was looking for on link you provided above. 

I will experiment with it and let you know if i need more help