Motorola S-Record Format

Motorola S-records are an industry-standard format for transmitting binary files to target systems and PROM programmers. LSI Logic have extended this standard to include an S4-record containing an address and a symbol.

The extended S-record standard is as follows:


S<type><length><address><data....><checksum>

S4<length><address><name>,<checksum>

Where:

type
is the record type. Where:
0 starting record (optional)
1 data record with 16-bit address
2 data record with 24-bit address
3 data record with 32-bit address
4 symbol record (LSI extension)
5 number of data records in preceeding block
6 unused
7 ending record for S3 records
8 ending record for S2 records
9 ending record for S1 records
length
is two hex characters. This defines the length of the record in bytes (not characters). It includes the address field, the data field, and the checksum field.
address
is 4, 6, or 8 characters. Corresponding to a 16-, 24-, or 32-bit address. The address field for S4 records is always 32 bits.
data
Are the data bytes. Each pair of hex characters represent one byte in memory.
name
Is the symbol name. The symbol is terminated by a ','.
checksum
Is the one's complement of the 8-bit checksum.

Example


S0030000FC

.

.

S325000004403C0880018D08DD900000000011000026000000003C0880012508DC50C50000B401

S32500000460C50100B8C50200BCC50300C0C50400C4C50500C8C50600CCC50700D0C50800D4FA

S32500000480C50900D8C50A00DCC50B00E0C50C00E4C50D00E8C50E00ECC50F00F0C51000F49A

S325000004A0C51100F8C51200FCC5130100C5140104C5150108C516010CC5170110C518011434

.

.

S70500000000FA

The S0 record starts the file. The S3 records contain the data. The S7 record contains the entry address and terminates the download.

See Also

fast load format definition.


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