// input = string // result = if hex file is valid, result is an object // if hex file wasn't valid (crc check failed on any of the lines), result will be false function read_hex_file(data) { data = data.split("\n"); // check if there is an empty line in the end of hex file, if there is, remove it if (data[data.length - 1] == "") { data.pop(); } var hexfile_valid = true; // if any of the crc checks failed, this variable flips to false var result = { data: [], end_of_file: false, extended_linear_address: 0, start_linear_address: 0, bytes: 0 }; for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { var byte_count = parseInt(data[i].substr(1, 2), 16) * 2; // each byte is represnted by two chars (* 2 to get the hex representation) var address = data[i].substr(3, 4); var record_type = parseInt(data[i].substr(7, 2), 16); // also converting from hex to decimal var content = data[i].substr(9, byte_count); var checksum = parseInt(data[i].substr(9 + byte_count, 2), 16); // also converting from hex to decimal (this is a 2's complement value) switch (record_type) { case 0x00: // data record if (byte_count > 0) { var crc = (byte_count / 2) + parseInt(address.substr(0, 2), 16) + parseInt(address.substr(2, 2), 16) + record_type; for (var needle = 0; needle < byte_count; needle += 2) { var num = parseInt(content.substr(needle, 2), 16); // get one byte in hex and convert it to decimal result.data.push(num); crc += num; result.bytes++; } // change crc to 2's complement (same as checksum) crc = ~crc + 1; crc &= 0xFF; // verify if (crc != checksum) { hexfile_valid = false; // break out of the for loop as crc is wrong anyway, we dont need to process any more data i = data.length; } } break; case 0x01: // end of file record result.end_of_file = true; break; case 0x02: // extended segment address record // not implemented break; case 0x03: // start segment address record // not implemented break; case 0x04: // extended linear address record result.extended_linear_address = (parseInt(content.substr(0, 2), 16) << 24) | parseInt(content.substr(2, 2), 16) << 16; break; case 0x05: // start linear address record result.start_linear_address = (parseInt(content.substr(0, 2), 16) << 24) | (parseInt(content.substr(2, 2), 16) << 16) | (parseInt(content.substr(4, 2), 16) << 8) | parseInt(content.substr(6, 2), 16); break; } } if (hexfile_valid) { console.log('HEX file parsed: ' + result.bytes + ' bytes'); return result; } else { console.log('HEX file parsed, CRC check failed: ' + result.bytes + ' bytes'); return false; } }