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21 years ago

How to convert .srec to .rbf for flash progr.?

Hello, how do I convert a Nios1 software file (.srec or .flash) to a .rbf file (raw binary file) that I can use to program directly a flash via that Nios? Thanks for your help, damc
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21 years ago

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originally posted by kwokwong@Feb 10 2005, 01:00 PM

use hal flash api to program.

other threads in this forum discussed about the image fomats (fpga and application).

do a search on key words: boot, epcs_controller and/or flash.

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It's an old Nios1 design, so I have no HAL.

But that's also not the problem. Functions (nr_flash_erase_sector, nr_flash_write_buffer, ...) for programming the flash are avilable and working, but I didn't found any convinient file format (or converter) for the software that I could use.

For firmware Quartus offers the .rbf (raw binary format) or the .rpd (raw programming data) format, but for software I couldn't find any conversion tool or utility.

So at the moment I guess I have to write one by myself ...