# easy way to convert or edit .hex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Software\ **Created:** [November 16, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/easy-way-to-convert-or-edit-hex/5330 "2017-11-16T19:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not1ofthepack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@Not1ofthepack](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Not1ofthepack)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/easy-way-to-convert-or-edit-hex/5330/1 "2017-11-16T19:53:29Z")
I have made a few mods to my Taz 5 and would like to try the new firmware out with Cura2. Besides with a hex editor how can I edit the firmware? Is there a way to convert the hex to something Arduino can do? Something like a hex to .ino? I google searched some but could not find anything that really answered or showed a pathway to convert. ---
**Author:** ![piercet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/piercet/32/12_2.png) [@piercet](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/piercet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/easy-way-to-convert-or-edit-hex/5330/2 "2017-11-16T21:06:16Z")
a .hex file is a compiled firmware. THere is no easy way (or really no way period that I know of) to decompile a compiled firmware. You are better off going from the base files from the lulzbot or github repositories. ---
**Author:** ![Not1ofthepack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@Not1ofthepack](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Not1ofthepack)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/easy-way-to-convert-or-edit-hex/5330/3 "2017-11-17T04:38:42Z")
thank you for answering. I believe I found what I was looking for [https://code.alephobjects.com/diffusion/MARLIN/browse/devel/](https://code.alephobjects.com/diffusion/MARLIN/browse/devel/)