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Altera_Forum
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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 ...
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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.