Question: Does anybody know about a conversion tool for the fixed point devices that is able to translate coff format into ascii format. I can't use the usually recommended dsphex, because I want to convert an uninitialized section (RAM).

Answer: Please be aware that coff2asc only supports COFF0 and COFF1. It has not been updated (yet) to support the new COFF2 format. You might have a problem with it depending on the device and the version of the debugger you are dumping the file from. There is a utility on the TI FTP Site  under the "dsputils" category entitled " coff2asc ", that you may find useful.