Looking for a BS2sx eeprom reader.
Rambo777
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I am in need of or how-to-make an EEPROM reader for the BS2sx chip, software or hardware or both. I have the Propeller kit and the Parallax Professional Developer board, can I use either of these to read the programs on the BS2sx chips I currently have in use? I use the BS2sx chips and Basic Stamp Super Carrier board modules to control air valves and motor control modules. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Steve Blake
Thank you,
Steve Blake
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There are several programs out there for reading an EEPROM using a BS2. These programs should also run on the BS2sx. What I am puzzled about though is if you're trying to get code for the BS2sx itself or if you're trying to read the data off an EEPROM for the BS2sx.
What happened to the source?
In theory, you could desolder the EEPROM from the BS2sx module and connect it to either another BS2(sx), the Propeller board, or even a PC with the right reader(the chip can be read with the I2C protocol), and download the program that way, but...
That will only get you a very, very compressed binary. As has been mentioned, labels has been replaced/removed, variables are no longer reference by names, and commands has been replaced by a varying number of 'tokens'. And to make it extra fun, not all tokes are the same size, either.
Even if a 'decompiler' exists, the resulting 'source' code will not loo like the original. And that assumes that it can handle the commands and tokens that are specific to the BS2sx.
I ccasionally enjoy decompiling ROMs from old 8bit computers to find out how they work, but to decompile a BS2 binary... no...
Not that masochistic...