Unpack binary data read from serial port in LabVIEW - labview

I am reading data from 3, 12bit ADCs and streaming the data constantly to computer by USB (UART) . Each package of the data stream is as follows:
It has 6 bytes of data from 3 ADCS which the 8 bits LSB of each ADC is in one byte and the rest 4 bits MSB is in another byte. Also there are 2 bytes with "z" and "y" character at the end of the package of data to realize the start and end of each package. How do I unpack this data with LabVIEW?

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How to erase msp430f2619 flash using bsl?

I want to do mass erase on my msp430f2619 using bsl. I use software jump in my code to invoke bsl. I send 0x80, get 0x90 from BSL(ack). Then i send mass erase command and get 0x90 again. Then i power off my device, then i power on the device, then i send 0x80 and get 0x90, that means there was no mass erase operation.
Read command is not working too. I send password (0xFF 32 times), after that send rx command, then i get few coorect bytes, and then infinite raw of 0xff.
I think i miised something before jump to bsl, please give an example code, or step by step instruction on how to make software jump to bsl and make it work correctly.
If you are sending 0x80 only, then get back 0x90, this confirms you have entered into the BSL since this completes the required synchronization sequence (see section 2.1 of this document). You should not require the "RX password" command since the "Mass erase" command is not protected.
The next sequence after the synchronization is to send the desired command, which should be the "Mass erase". There is a format to each of the BSL commands called the data frame. You want to send the following data frame: eight mandatory bytes (note two dummy bytes), and two checksum bytes. Note the "Mass erase" command does not contain data bytes, but you need to calculate the checksum bytes. Here are the bytes to be sent to perform the mass erase:
80 18 04 04 dd dd 06 A5 CL CH
Where: dd = dummy bytes (any value accepted), CL = Checksum low, CH = Checksum high
After sending this data frame then you should receive the ACK (0x90) byte. Then power off the device.

required size of a configuration file for a HX1K (in "SPI slave" mode)

I am reworking the programmer for the Olimex iCE40HX1K board (targetted towards a STM32F103 ma) where I also would like to implement the "SPI Slave" mode to configure an image directly into RAM without using the serial flash.
Looking at the Lattice "programming and Configuration guide" (page 11), it is noted in table 8 that a EPROM for a ICE40-LP/LX1K must be at least 34112 bytes. (which -I guess- means that the configuration-files can be up to that size).
However, all images I have (sofar) created with the icestorm tools are 32220 octets.
I am a bit puzzled here.
Can somebody explain the difference between these two figures?
Does the HX1K need a configuration-file of 32220 or 34112 bytes?
I don't know how Lattice arrived at this number. A complete HX1K bin file with BRAM initialization but without comment and without multiboot header is 32220 bytes in size. The (optional) multiboot header would add another 160 bytes (32220 + 160 = 32380). The lattice tools usually add about 80 bytes to the comment field (32220 + 80 = 32300). Whatever I do, all numbers I have are more than 1000 short of 34112.
I don't know if there is a maximum length for the comment. Maybe there is and 34112 is the size of a bit stream with a comment of maximum length?
34112 - 32220 = 1892. Maybe someone decided to add 8kB (8192 bytes) just in case, but that person accidentally swapped the first two digits? Idk..
If you don't care about comments or multiboot headers, then iCE40 1K bit-streams have a fixed size, and that size is 32220 bytes.

C++ CLI string processing from serial port

windows 7, msvs2010, C++ CLI
I want to save last 50 chars into a file from data received from serial port. Normally, to receive all data I would do this:
//Reading all exsisting data in serialport buffer
String^ data = _serialPort->ReadExisting();
sw->Write(data);
delete (IDisposable^)sw;
What should I do if I want to save only last, say, 50 char?

HLS MPEG Transport Stream Index File

I am currently looking to add Trick and Play functionality to HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Server. For Trick and Play functionality to work, generally MPEG Transport Streams are pre-indexed. What is the general format of the Transport Stream Index files and how can I determine the I-frame in Transport Stream using the Index files?
I am using Transport Stream and Index file from here.
Each live555 TS index record is 11 bytes long:
- Record Type: 1 byte
- Start Offset: 1 byte
- Size: 1 byte
- PCR (integer part): 3 bytes (little-endian)
- PCR (fractional part): 1 byte
- Transport Packet Number: 4 bytes (little-endian)
Your sample is H.264 so the Record Type to look for is:
RECORD_NAL_H264_IFRAME = 9, // H.264
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Statically Defined IDT

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I'm working on a project that has tight boot time requirements. The targeted architecture is an IA-32 based processor running in 32 bit protected mode. One of the areas identified that can be improved is that the current system dynamically initializes the processor's IDT (interrupt descriptor table). Since we don't have any plug-and-play devices and the system is relatively static, I want to be able to use a statically built IDT.
However, this proving to be troublesome for the IA-32 arch since the 8 byte interrupt gate descriptors splits the ISR address. The low 16 bits of the ISR appear in the first 2 bytes of the descriptor, some other bits fill in the next 4 bytes, and then finally the last 16 bits of the ISR appear in the last 2 bytes.
I wanted to use a const array to define the IDT and then simply point the IDT register at it like so:
typedef struct s_myIdt {
unsigned short isrLobits;
unsigned short segSelector;
unsigned short otherBits;
unsigned short isrHibits;
} myIdtStruct;
myIdtStruct myIdt[256] = {
{ (unsigned short)myIsr0, 1, 2, (unsigned short)(myIsr0 >> 16)},
{ (unsigned short)myIsr1, 1, 2, (unsigned short)(myIsr1 >> 16)},
etc.
Obviously this won't work as it is illegal to do this in C because myIsr is not constant. Its value is resolved by the linker (which can do only a limited amount of math) and not by the compiler.
Any recommendations or other ideas on how to do this?
You ran into a well known x86 wart. I don't believe the linker can stuff the address of your isr routines in the swizzled form expected by the IDT entry.
If you are feeling ambitious, you could create an IDT builder script that does something like this (Linux based) approach. I haven't tested this scheme and it probably qualifies as a nasty hack anyway, so tread carefully.
Step 1: Write a script to run 'nm' and capture the stdout.
Step 2: In your script, parse the nm output to get the memory address of all your interrupt service routines.
Step 3: Output a binary file, 'idt.bin' that has the IDT bytes all setup and ready for the LIDT instruction. Your script obviously outputs the isr addresses in the correct swizzled form.
Step 4: Convert his raw binary into an elf section with objcopy:
objcopy -I binary -O elf32-i386 idt.bin idt.elf
Step 5: Now idt.elf file has your IDT binary with the symbol something like this:
> nm idt.elf
000000000000000a D _binary_idt_bin_end
000000000000000a A _binary_idt_bin_size
0000000000000000 D _binary_idt_bin_start
Step 6: relink your binary including idt.elf. In your assembly stubs and linker scripts, you can refer to symbol _binary_idt_bin_start as the base of the IDT. For example, your linker script can place the symbol _binary_idt_bin_start at any address you like.
Be careful that relinking with the IDT section doesn't move anyting else in your binary, e.g. your isr routines. Manage this in your linker script (.ld file) by puting the IDT into it's own dedicated section.
---EDIT---
From comments, there seems to be confusion about the problem. The 32-bit x86 IDT expects the address of the interrupt service routine to be split into two different 16-bit words, like so:
31 16 15 0
+---------------+---------------+
| Address 31-16 | |
+---------------+---------------+
| | Address 15-0 |
+---------------+---------------+
A linker is thus unable to plug-in the ISR address as a normal relocation. So, at boot time, software must construct this split format, which slows boot time.