1.1.4.2 Application project configurations for MIPS based MCUs
Application Settings in MCC System Configuration
Disable default linker file generation in system settings from MCC, As the application to be bootloaded will be using a custom linker file
MPLAB X Settings
For Bootloading the application using binary file
Below are the Bootloaders which use application binary (.bin) file as input
UART
I2C
CAN
SPI
Serial Memory
File System
OTA
Specifying post build option to automatically generate the binary file from hex file once the build is complete
${MP_CC_DIR}/xc32-objcopy -I ihex -O binary ${DISTDIR}/${PROJECTNAME}.${IMAGE_TYPE}.hex ${DISTDIR}/${PROJECTNAME}.${IMAGE_TYPE}.bin
For Bootloading the application using Normalized Hex file
Below are the Bootloaders which use Normalized application Hex (.hex) file as input
USB Device HID
UDP
Check the Normalize hex file option as shown below, as the Unified bootloader host application takes hex file as an input. Normalizing the hex file will make sure the data in the hex file is arranged sequentially