Topic: how to generate *.bin

i try to use the Ride7 for STM3210C on windows XP
the demo code(STM32F107_ETH_LwIP_V1.0.0) default only generate *.hex file

Bruno sad:
>Q : How can I create a .bin or .hex file?
>A : Go to 'Options | Project | RL(ST6 | XA | 51) | Linker'. Check the boxes 'Generate a Hex file' >and/or 'Generate a Binary file'. Then, every time you make the project, a new *.aof, *.bin and/or *.hex will >be generated. The *.bin and/or *.hex file will be located in the same directory as the *.aof file.

but i can't find the 'Options | Project | RL(ST6 | XA | 51) | Linker' for my project.
so if i want to generate *.bin how do i do? thanks.

  • Bruno
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Re: how to generate *.bin

Hi Sam,

You must use the command-line tool arm-none-eabi-objcopy.exe with its "-O" option to transform your output ELF file to another format, such as binary.
The list of available formats can be retrieved with the command:

arm-none-eabi-objdump.exe -i

In your case, to convert to binary, you can use the command 

arm-none-eabi-objcopy.exe -O binary myfile.elf myoutputfile.bin

(note that the output file name is necessary, or your input file will be replaced by the output of the command)

Lots of options are available; use the utility's built-in help, available through its command-line option "-h".

I hope this helps,
Bruno

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