DesignWorks™/LogicWorks™ PROM Hex Datafile Format

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DesignWorks™/LogicWorks™ PROM Hex Datafile Format

Purpose of This Note

This DesignNote describes the Intel MDS hexadecimal data file format used for loading data into PROM primitive devices in the DesignWorks Simulator option or LogicWorks™.

This note applies to:	Windows	Macintosh
DesignWorks Professional	3.0 + (with Simulator)	3.0 + (with Simulator)
DesignWorks Lite	N/A	N/A
LogicWorks	3.0 +	3.0 +
Notes: N/A – not applicable to this version. “3.0 +” indicates version 3.0 and later.  Since this note may apply to multiple versions and platforms, there may be some variation in exact configuration of menu commands and screen layouts from that shown in this note, but the same principles apply.

PROM Data File Format

The file will contain one byte per PROM address if 8 or less output bits were specified, two bytes per PROM address if 9 to 16 output bits were specified, etc. The number of addresses in the file will be 2N, where N is the number of input bits. Each line must start with a colon “:”, followed by:

• 2 hex digits (1 byte) indicating the number of actual data bytes on this line.
• 4 hex digits (2 bytes) indicating the starting address for the data bytes on this line.
• 2 hex digits which will be “00” in all records except for an empty terminator record, in which they will be “01”.
• groups of 2 digits for the number of data bytes indicated at the beginning of the line.
• 2 hex digits for an 8-bit checksum of all the hex data on the line. The 8- bit sum of all hex data pairs (including count, address, type, data and checksum) will be zero.

The file is terminated by a hex line with a byte count of zero, address of zero and type of “01”.

NOTE: The hex file does not need to specify data for every address in the PROM. If there are any gaps in the data then Don’t Know will be assumed for unspecified locations.

PROM Data File Example

Example 1 – 4-input, 4-output PROM

:100000000304040204020204040202040204040AB7
:00000001

Example 2 – 8-input, 8-output PROM

:200000000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F00
:20002000060F0E0D0C0B0A0908070F0F0F0F0F0F0E0D0C0B0A090807060F0F0F0F0F0F0F3A
:200040000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FC0
:20006000060F0E0D0C0B0A0908070F0F0F0F0F0F0E0D0C0B0A090807060F0F0F0F0F0F0FFA
:200080000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F80
:2000A000060F0E0D0C0B0A0908070F0F0F0F0F0F0E0D0C0B0A090807060F0F0F0F0F0F0FBA
:2000C0000F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F40
:2000E000060F0E0D0C0B0A0908070F0F0F0F0F0F0E0D0C0B0A090807060F0F0F0F0F0F0F7A
:00000001FF

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