Re: miniuart

Martin Schoeberl wrote:
i plan on synthesizing miniuart (opencores.org) onto a spartan 3 demo
board. but then i dont know how to test it. how do i configure/run a
terminal console in windows to talk with my board?

Hyperterminal ?


No, not Hyperterminal. Use pretty much anything except Hyperterminal - from wide experience (personal and heresay - this crops up in comp.arch.embedded regularly), Hyperterminal is often very unreliable as well as being overly complicated for a direct RS-232 connection.

You are far better downloading Tera Term Pro (first hit on google). It is much better suited for connecting embedded boards to a PC.

If you want something a bit more powerful, with easy control of the control lines, display in hex, and that sort of thing, at a cost of a more complex interface, go for RealTerm.

Both programs are free and open source.



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