Our step-by-step approach is:
- Start with the right-most digit of your hex value. ...
- Move one digit to the left. ...
- Move another digit left. ...
- Continue multiplying each incremental digit of the hex value by increasing powers of 16 (4096, 65536, 1048576, ...), and remember each product.
How do I read a hex file?
Intel Hex Files Explained
- : is start of line marker.
- BB is number of data bytes on line.
- AAAA is address in bytes.
- TT is type discussed below but 00 means data.
- DD is data bytes, number depends on BB value.
- CC is checksum (2s-complement of number of bytes+address+data)
Why do we need hex files?
if you are talking about an "intel hex" file the reason being is that it is ascii which makes it easy to examine and parse. true, it is innefficient in one way but compared to a raw binary it might be smaller.
