[LIL L]

i want to take my programming in a complete different direction and i need some help getting started. i have this device that i wanted to completely reprogram so i started looking into it to find where the data could be stored so googling around i discovered eeproms. the chip is of this family here. data sheet here. it also has a 256M bits ddr sdram chip, data sheet here. now i only program vb.net and c# and i was wondering what language do you use to program those microbit chips and how would i get started with this project? maybe how to extract the code from the chip so i'll have something to get started with and some readings on how this stuff actually works. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[shuuhen]

It looks like the MirrorBit device is flash memory. What its programming is written in could depend on what its code is for. I would suspect C and/or assembly. C is better where possible, since the compiler is better at optimizations than programmers typically can be and can be fairly portable. For compiled languages (i.e. not byte-compiled or interpreted), the compiler basically just translates the C/C++/etc to assembly then usually pumps that code through an assembler. So any compiled language could theoretically be used, but C is well established and works well for the purpose.

 

[ahmorrow]

That and assembly is difficult for those starting out--even tiresome for those with experience with it. I second shuuhen's advice, I'd try to find out what language it's written in, and if there's a choice, go for c.

 

[Quazer89]

Is anyone good on spreadsheets...please...i need serious help...

 

[ahmorrow]

Please create a new thread. Threadomancy just isn't kosher.