Help with Keil uvision4

[Leslei]

I am extremely new to this area and need help with obtaining the axf files with cortex m0 target, Please guide me where to begin and which tutorial to go through. I have reached dead ends in everything I have tried. Thank you

 

[ckshivaram]

did you try help in keil 4... it has everything which you usually dont get in internet.... and what you get in intrnet is a copied document of the help topics.....

 

[alexan_e]

the axf file should be created by default when you compile the project.
Have you created a project with the specific mcu target?
Use the project menu -> new project, it will guide you from there,
then you only have to add the source file,do any needed changes in the startup code and compile.

Alex

 

[ckshivaram]

if you select generate the HEX file, this would generate the axf and the ELF files.. but in some tools ELF has to be enabled........

 

[Leslei]

Thanks all of you. Now I got it started. But can you tell me what the *.axf files contain? Is there any way I can view it? I did not obtain any elf files nor do I know how to obtain this file.

 

[alexan_e]

the axf file is used for debugging, I don't know if you can read it.
I haven't seen an elf file being generated for ARM, you can create a hex and axf.

Alex

 

[ckshivaram]

ELF files are used when we use JTAG for loading the executable into the ARM. the file format is ELF.

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AXF stands for "ARM Executable Format", which is the generic term for the formatted (not pure binary image) output files produced by the ARM Linker. Output files from the ARM Linker often have the extension ".AXF". The only way to determine whether a ".AXF" file contains records in ELF format or in AIF format is by reading the file header.

 

[alexan_e]

You can check some axf file type info at Posts tagged by "FILE FORMAT".

ELF files are used when we use JTAG for loading the executable into the ARM. the file format is ELF.

I haven't found any setting that can enable the generation of an ELF file,
how do you generate the ELF extension file?

Alex

 

[ckshivaram]

in keil 4 and in keil3 in the options for target if you select debug and utilities in the settings in project and set as a device instead of simulator and compile the program and see the output generated it will be in ELF format, which is understood by JTAG debuggers.. JTAG and ICD do not understand pure format of HEX. so it is in ELF( Extended Link Format)

 

[alexan_e]

in keil 4 and in keil3 in the options for target if you select debug and utilities in the settings in project and set as a device instead of simulator and compile the program and see the output generated it will be in ELF format, which is understood by JTAG debuggers.. JTAG and ICD do not understand pure format of HEX. so it is in ELF( Extended Link Format)

So you mean a hex file that includes info in ELF format not a file with elf extension,
because I thought you were speaking for an elf file extension that I have never seen generated in KEIL (for ARM).

Alex

 

[ckshivaram]

Hex and ELF are a bit different when you break the code. but you should have a look if you connect jtag debugger. then the debug info is a part of elf file... ELF language is understood by JTAG and ICD.. so change the settings and compile the code by connecting a debugger to the port.....

 

[Leslei]

Ok Thanks for all this info. It really helped me. Now, I was extracting the *.bin files from 'fromelf'. While doing so, I realized that I have to have a ROM though I do not need one in my project. I only need a RAM beginning at address 0x0000. But the compiler won't let me do that. Can anyone tell me why and is there any way to fix this?

 

[Niranchan]

did you try help in keil 4... it has everything which you usually dont get in internet.... and what you get in intrnet is a copied document of the help topics.....

I cannot change the input in I/O Peripherals.Help

 

[:pH]

try debug first then change the inputs

 

[Niranchan]

try debug first then change the inputs

I did debug and then only changed

 

[:pH]

I did debug and then only changed

was there any error message or warning while building or rebuilding ?

 

[Niranchan]

there was no warning.shud i include the file "STARTUP"

 

[:pH]

there was no warning.shud i include the file "STARTUP"

of course you need to include the startup.asm file

 

[Silkius]

I am extremely new to this area and need help with obtaining the axf files with cortex m0 target, Please guide me where to begin and which tutorial to go through. I have reached dead ends in everything I have tried. Thank you

The first error i got (when started ARM C programing) also was missing .axf
Here is a algorithm how to:
After you create new project (keil)
add to project main.c (OR .asm etc)
add to project system_yourMCU.c file e.g. system_LPC17xx.h
then save all
then build with F7 (generates .AXF file)
and debug CTR+F5

Have fun :-D