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Flash Magic is a PC burner tool for programming flash memory based microcontroller using serial or Ethernet protocol built by NXP. This tool helps the developer to easily burn the hex file generated by the embedded software like Keil µvision for 8051 and ARM microcontrollers or MPLAB for PIC microcontrollers. It is available free and easy to install in Windows or Mac OS based PC. Installing Flash Magic and its USB-to-Serial driver: - Install Flash Magic for Windows XP/vista/7/8 or Mac OS X (available for Cortex device only) and also install USB-to-Serial driver so that flash magic can find the signature of LPC2148 microcontroller programmer board. Download Flash Magic - http://www.flashmagictool.com/ Download USB-to-Serial Driver - http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 Note: You must install the USB-to-Serial Driver for proper functioning of flash magic. Important Link: 1. How to use the Flash Magic Burner.        ...

You have seen the COM port option while running the Flash Magic Burner for hex file. Every computer exists the different COM port so one has to select the COM port accordingly from the given drop-down option. To find COM port- Right click on ‘ My Computer ’ icon and select ‘ Properties ’ and go to ‘ Hardware ’ option and Click on ‘ Device Manager ’ and See the ‘ COM port ’ to know which COM port is compatible between your PC and ARM programmer board.