Call for standards: EPROM/cal editing software

[timsiford at hushmail.com]

TunerCat already has a nice TDF editor called TunerEditor.  Anyone who hasn't 
seen it should check it out.

Tim

At Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:59:39 -0800, Ludis Langens <ludis at cruzers.com> wrote:

>
>Dig wrote:
>>
>> What I'd like to propose is that we work to define a
>> standard for TDFs. This standard would have the
>> following requirements:
>>
>> 1)Be portable across all operating environments.
>> 2)Be Human Readable and easily defineable. (ie ASCII)
>> 3)Would allow the user to define any size table or
>>   single value, including the appropriate conversion
>>   factors/formulas to convert the hex value to
>> meaning-
>>   ful data.
>
>I've contemplated this subject in the past.  The only solution that
>doesn't have built in limits is to make the definition file an actual
>program.  What we need is the "Postscript" of chip editors.
>
>I envision the editor providing lots of standard handlers for tables 
>and
>constants.  The definition file simply creates data structures that
>invoke these standard handlers.  If the chip has nonstandard contents
>(like a custom MAF table), the definition file itself provides functions
>to handle these.
>
>To avoid reinventing the wheel, an existing programming language should
>be used.  Currently, the best choice is Java.  It meets all of Dig's
>requirements.  The only drawback is a slight amount of bloat compared 
>to
>a non-executable binary format definition file.
>
>As far as execution speed, I don't see much difference between reading 
>a
>suitably complex definition file, and interpreting Java byte codes. 
> One
>method is interpreting data, and the other is ... interpreting data.
>The difference is that one is non-extensible and the other is extensible.
>
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>Ludis Langens                               ludis (at) cruzers (dot) 
>com
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