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Do the F24x and F240x DSPs have the boot loader already loaded into the chip?

April 26, 2017boot chip DSPs f240x f24x loaded loader

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Do the F24x and F240x DSPs have the boot loader already loaded into the chip?

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The F24x device as shipped from the factory has the serial boot loader programmed in the flash. For F240 DSPs,it is located between the flash locations 0x3E00 to 0x3FFF. For F241/F243 DSPs, it is located between 0x1F00 and 0x1FFF. The user code must not use the program space allocated for the serial boot loader in these devices. The F240x and F240xA DSPs come with the boot loader programmed on Boot Rom that is separate from the flash and is located between the program spaces 0x0000 to 0x00FF. The Boot Rom and Flash Memory appear in the same memory space and hence are not active at the same time. If BOOT_EN*/XF pin is LOW at reset then flash memory is disabled and Boot Rom is enabled.