Read Flash Memory?

[DieBaas]

Why is the Display Memory function in Flash Magic disabled. I want to read the flash of a 89LPC938.

Thanx

[Andy Ayre]

Because it's not supported. Flash Magic can only support the commands shown in the device user manuals from NXP.

Andy

[DieBaas]

So how do I read the flash memory after I've programed it? Any suggestion. I don't have a ICP programmer, but will reading the flash be possible with one?

PS: Sorry about the topic thing. Will start a new one next time.

[Andy Ayre]

Use the CRC feature to check that the CRC of your device matches the CRC of your hex file.

Andy

[Ralf_Brandt]

Strange!
Maybe you need to get an updated Doc from NXP.

The Bootlodercode supplyied by NXP does contain a
Function 09 -Read User

And if I open a Terminal and type in:
:0500000900000fff00e4
I will get a perfect Memory Dump.
Tested with a brand new 89LPC921.

So at least the current 921 do support memory read.

Regards
Ralf

[Andy Ayre]

As I said before, FM only supports the documented commands. If you can find that command in an NXP document please post a link to it. If you want to rely on an undocumented command it's possible with a terminal program.

Andy

[dptxp]

This is bad. This means that anyone can read the code. And there is no way to stop this.

[Ralf_Brandt]

no it isn't.
Use the security bits, thats what they are for.

[dptxp]

Security bit 1 stops movc from the sector in which it is set, bit 2 stops erase and program, bit 3 makes device useless for ISP.

So with movc to use and ISP to be enabled, only bit 2 set in all sectors except the one with ISP, can be a bit of help.

There is no read option, except the way given in the post (do not know if it is true), so there is no read protection bit.

[Ralf_Brandt]

ISP FN 9 read user memory will use IAP FN 7

"      mov   DP0H, R4   ; Data Pointer High Byte
      mov   DP0L, R5   ; Data Pointer Low Byte
      clr   A
      movc   A, @A+DPTR
      mov   R7, A
      ret
"
And IAP FN 7 will use movc, so Bit 1 will work

[dptxp]

Actually they are bits 0 to 2, I had also made the same mistake.
So Bit 0 (not 1) is to disable movc. But how can one set it if movc is used in the software?
The software will not work.

[dptxp]

Strange!
Maybe you need to get an updated Doc from NXP.

The Bootlodercode supplyied by NXP does contain a
Function 09 -Read User

And if I open a Terminal and type in:
:0500000900000fff00e4
I will get a perfect Memory Dump.
Tested with a brand new 89LPC921.

So at least the current 921 do support memory read.

Regards
Ralf

There is no such doc, please give link if there is one.

[frank]

Strange!
Maybe you need to get an updated Doc from NXP.

The Bootlodercode supplyied by NXP does contain a
Function 09 -Read User

And if I open a Terminal and type in:
:0500000900000fff00e4
I will get a perfect Memory Dump.
Tested with a brand new 89LPC921.

So at least the current 921 do support memory read.

Regards
Ralf

Hi Ralf_Brandt,

Can you upload the latest bootloader code from NXP?

[Ralf_Brandt]

Sorry I haven't been around for a whlie.
The Bootloader code I was refferencing to is at:
http://www.nxp.com/documents/other/an10337.zip
and
http://www.nxp.com/documents/other/Adding_ISP_in_source_code.zip