The Intel hex format

The Intel hex format has been a standard for many years in the programming of microcontrollers and is used to save data (software, datasets).

An important advantage of the Intel hex format is the display in ASCII text form. Intel hex code can thus be processed in a simple text editor or at least examined.

The Intel hex has the following structure:

• Colon as the start character
• Two characters for the data length
• 4 characters for the address in the memory
• 2 characters for the data type
• Relevant number of application data
• 2 characters for checksum