srec_needham(5)

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version 1.65.0 · 4 versions
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✨ NAME ✨

<pink>srec_needham</pink> — Needham EMP-series programmer ASCII file format 💖

okay bestie, welcome to srec_needham(5) from the SRecord File Formats Manual. This is the whole vibe on the Needham EMP-series programmer ASCII file format, and we're gonna get you fluent, no cap. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So this format is understood by Needham Electronics' EMP-series programmers. Yes, those. For more information, peek at www.needhams.com/winman.pdf — that's the link, bestie. 💻✨

It's very similar to the ASCII-Hex format, but without the ^B and ^C guard characters. That's the whole plot twist. 🦋

Every data byte is represented as 2 hexadecimal characters, and it is separated by white space from all other data bytes. Spacing is part of the flex, okay? 💅

The address for data bytes is set by using a sequence of $Annnn, characters, where nnnn is the 8-character ascii representation of the address. The comma is required — do not skip the comma, bestie. 🎀 There is no need for an address record unless there are gaps. Implicitly, the file starts at address 0 if no address is set before the first data byte.

🎀 Size Multiplier 🎀

In general, binary data will expand in size by approximately 3.0 times when represented with this format. So it's giving "thicc file" energy, but that's the tradeoff. 💀

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

Here is an example ascii-hex file. It contains the data Hello, World[rq] to be loaded at address 0x1000.

$A1000,
48 65 6C 6C 6F 2C 20 57 6F 72 6C 64 0A

<purple>srec_cat</purple> version 1.65 Copyright (C) 1998... Peter Miller

🚨 legal tea: The srec_cat program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.

🫶 MAINTAINER 🫶

  • Scott Finneran — E-Mail: scottfinneran@yahoo.com.au 💌
  • Peter Miller — E-Mail: pmiller@opensource.org.au 💌

💖 okay that's the whole srec_needham(5) page from the SRecord Reference Manual — srec_cat version 1.65, footer Reference Manual · SRecord · srec_needham(5), and no date listed, so no fake date from me, bestie. byeee! 💅

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