Load EEPROM from PC

mynet43

In the Propeller tool.

If you select Run/Compile Current/View Info, it does an error check then displays a summary window.

If you select the 'show hex' button, one of the buttons that appears is "Load EEPROM".

When I saw this, I expected to be able to directly load a binary file, through the propeller, to the EEPROM. However, this isn't what it does, it just compiles the current source file and transfers it to the EEPROM.

Does anyone know if there is a way to transfer a propeller binary file directly from the PC to the prop EEPROM?

Thanks for your help.

Jim

Mike Green

There's no way to do it with the Propeller Tool. The Propeller Tool (as you've noticed) talks to the Propeller bootloader (in the Propeller's ROM) which downloads a program to RAM and optionally copies it to the 1st 32K of the EEPROM attached to I/O pins 28/29. There is a program called the Hydra Asset Manager (http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=628778) which you download part of to the Propeller and it copies stuff from a PC to other portions of an attached EEPROM.

kuroneko

mynet43 said...
Does anyone know if there is a way to transfer a propeller binary file directly from the PC to the prop EEPROM?

Pick any file, press F8. Then select the Open File button and select your binary file. Once that is loaded, select Load RAM/EEPROM.

Alternatively, set the file filter to *.binary/*.eeprom and select a file from there (double-click).

Post Edited (kuroneko) : 3/14/2010 6:42:28 AM GMT

Cluso99

I used the same method as kuroneko when I was using homespun to compile my code.

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mynet43

Good morning,

Thanks everyone for the great info!

I tried the method you outlined: F8, Open, Load EEPROM. It worked perfectly.

When I did this, I discovered that to press F8, you have to have a source file loaded.

I found a work-around to this problem by selecting: File/Open, then select *binary,*eeprom as the file type. When you do this, it loads the binary file and goes directly to the F8 screen without having to load source code first.

This is perfect for uploading a new version in the field without having to show your source code.

Thanks so much for the great help!

Jim