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14 years ago

Control panel: write memory file format?

Using the DE2 Control Panel you can read/write to the SRAM or SDRAM. I am trying to write the SRAM memory contents to a file using the Control Panel. I was hoping to get a text file with add...
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14 years ago

The attached zip file is the result of using the control panel feature "Load SRAM content to a file" with the load entire SRAM box checked.

I zipped the file only because that is one of the formats allowed for update. I did not know what file ext to give the file.

Before writing the file I was able to read memory contents 16b at a time by entering an address and clicking the "SRAM read" button so the control panel is functioning ok.

The resulting file is not ascii text but some type of binary file. From what I understand the hex format is an ascii based file type is it not? I have no idea how to extract the memory data from this file.

If you can take a look at the file that would be appreciated. Thanks for your feedback.

Tony