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+Hexy is an open source utility designed to make embedded development in C easier when you need to create a hex array from a binary file.
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+Drag and drop files onto the GUI to start conversion. An "h" file is then created for each file that was dragged on to the application.
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+Hexy is written in Lazarus http://lazarus.freepascal.org and requires Lazarus 0.9.28 or later. It is cross platform and has been tested on Windows and Linux.