""" Module to read intel hex files into binary data blobs. IntelHex files are commonly used to distribute firmware See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX This is a python 3 conversion of the code created by David Braam for the Cura project. """ import io def readHex(filename): """ Read an verify an intel hex file. Return the data as an list of bytes. """ data = [] extraAddr = 0 f = io.open(filename, "r") for line in f: line = line.strip() if len(line) < 1: continue if line[0] != ':': raise Exception("Hex file has a line not starting with ':'") recLen = int(line[1:3], 16) addr = int(line[3:7], 16) + extraAddr recType = int(line[7:9], 16) if len(line) != recLen * 2 + 11: raise Exception("Error in hex file: " + line) checkSum = 0 for i in range(0, recLen + 5): checkSum += int(line[i*2+1:i*2+3], 16) checkSum &= 0xFF if checkSum != 0: raise Exception("Checksum error in hex file: " + line) if recType == 0:#Data record while len(data) < addr + recLen: data.append(0) for i in xrange(0, recLen): data[addr + i] = int(line[i*2+9:i*2+11], 16) elif recType == 1: #End Of File record pass elif recType == 2: #Extended Segment Address Record extraAddr = int(line[9:13], 16) * 16 else: print(recType, recLen, addr, checkSum, line) f.close() return data