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Erasing the rom, User areas, Programming user areas – Sundance SMT6001 User Manual

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3.5

Erasing the ROM


It may be necessary to remove all data from the ROM under certain circumstances.
To do this, press "Erase Flash". This will send a "chip erase" command to the ROM
which will set every bit in the memory to 1. Be aware that this process is not quick
and can take several minutes on a large ROM.

3.6

User Areas

3.6.1

Programming User Areas


When the ROM is in a consistent state (see 3.3.1 ), you can add a new user area by
processing "New Data". This will bring up the following dialogue:


First, select the type of data you wish to add.

• Pure Data

The area will be a binary copy of the input file.

• S Record File

The area will contain data extracted from a file in Motorola-S format.
SmtFlash will interpret the records and construct an image of the data. The
input file is assumed to define a single contiguous section of data. By default,
the input will be assumed to correspond to a little-endian processor, where
significance increases with address. You should select the "Big endian"
button if the file contains big-endian data. where each 32-bit word is
expressed as a sequence of four bytes in order from the most to least
significant.