The Flash downloader is a simple Flash utility that you can use to write a binary file to the Flash memory on an ARM Integrator board, or an ARM Development (PID) board. You can use the Flash downloader from the ARM Extended Debugger (AXD) and the ARM Symbolic Debugger (armsd).

The Flash downloader executes on the target board. When you invoke the Flash downloader from within a debugger, the debugger downloads the Flash downloader into RAM on the target board. The Flash downloader executes, and uses semihosting to fetch the code to program into Flash. The downloaded file must be in plain binary format. See the RealView Compilation Tools Linker and UtilitiesGuide for information on converting an ELF format file to plain binary.

The Flash downloader requires either: