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Cvrtbin Tool (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

Cvrtbin (Cvrtbin.exe) is a command-line tool that converts read-only memory (ROM) files from binary (.bin) format to Motorola 32-bit (.sre) format or absolute binary (.abx) format.

<-r | -s> -a StartAddress -l ImageLength -w ImageWidthfilename

Parameters

  • -s
    Generates an .sre file from a .bin file.
  • -r
    Generates a ROM file from a .bin file.
  • -a
    Specifies the ROM starting address. You must specify this parameter when converting a .bin file to a ROM format.
  • -w
    Specifies ROM width, which is set to either 8, 16, or 32 bits. You must specify this parameter when converting a .bin file to a ROM format.
  • -l
    Specifies ROM length, expressed as a hexadecimal value. You must specify this parameter when converting a bin file to a ROM format.
  • StartAddress
    Specifies the start of the run-time image in memory.
  • ImageLength
    Specifies the length of the run-time image in memory.
  • ImageWidth
    Specifies the width of the run-time image in memory.
  • filename
    Specifies the file name of the target run-time image, typically nk.bin.

Examples

The following code example shows the output from the Viewbin tool for a run-time image:

C:>viewbin nk.bin
ViewBin... nk.bin
Image Start = 0x00220000, length = 0x00AC136C
                Start address = 0x0023D618
Checking record #72 for potential TOC (ROMOFFSET = 0x80000000)
Found pTOC  = 0x80ce02c0
ROMOFFSET = 0x80000000
Done.

Using this output, the following code example shows the syntax used to create an nk.nb0 file, using the values found in the Image Start and length lines:

C:>cvrtbin -r -a 00220000 -l 00ac136c -w 32 nk.bin

See Also

Tasks

Creating a ROM Run-time Image File Stamped With a License Key

Concepts

Utilities

Other Resources

Building a Run-Time Image
Romimage
Binary Image Builder File
Absolute Binary Data Format