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11 years, 1 month ago.

Convert bin to hex file for Mac OSX 10.9

Hey guys,

I've started to use the online compiler of mbed.org. Unfortunately I just have the Chip1768 without the USB port. So I have to use ISP. The mbed online compiler creates .bin-files. Is there an opportunity to use Flash Magic with .bin-files or to convert .bin to .hex? I need it for MacOS X 10.9.

Or maybe is their another way to download my tools to the Chip1768?

Thanks and best regards, Flo

hi i to have same problem but i want solution for windows os 64bit

posted by chetan shapur 06 Dec 2016

3 Answers

Brian Dickman
11 years ago.

First time setup:

  1. Download and install Homebrew [http://www.brew.sh]
  2. In a Terminal window, run brew install srecord

Now to convert bin files to hex, in a Terminal window run:

srec_cat my_mbed_bin_file.bin -binary -o my_new_hex_file.hex -intel

You can also run brew install lpc21isp to install the open source ISP programming tool lpc21isp. It accepts either bin or hex files.

Flo Haase
poster
11 years ago.

Dear Brain,

thank you. This sounds great. I will try it as soon as possible and you will get feedback.

Best regards Flo

Adam Green
11 years ago.

If you don't want to go through the process of installing Homebrew on your Mac, you could also just download the GNU tools for ARM and use arm-none-eabi-objcopy to perform the conversion.

  • Download and install the Macintosh version of the latest GNU Tools for ARM Embedded
  • Use the following command line to convert the .bin file to a .hex file: 
arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex filename.bin filename.hex

I too highly recommend using lpc21isp instead of FlashMagic.