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10 years ago

Hex file interpreted incorrectly in 16 bit mode

I have added a hex file to my project (Generated from a binary file using objcopy), and it appears correct when opened in quartus II with the 8 bit word mode selected. However, when opened in 16 bit mode, the software shows 8 bytes of data, followed by 8 bytes of 0s, followed by 8 more bytes of data and so on. How do I make it so it stops adding the 0s?

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    objcopy is producing an 8-bit hex file and you are telling Quartus it is 16-bits. Quartus is showing you 0000's where there are holes in your addresses/data.

    You probably need to use another tool to produce your hex file.
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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    What you have is an intel format (8 bit) ihex file. You need to use a 16 bit hex format file.