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16 years ago

BeMicro FPGA-based MCU Evaluation Board

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14 years ago

Hi Daniel,

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For example, if I type "Hello World" on HyperTerminal I woul get "HHeelllloo WWoorrlldd"? Or what is shown in HyperTerminal is just what I am receiving?

Because the second option is what I'm getting.

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If you create a new Hyperterminal session, then the default is no echoing, so if you type characters and you see them in Hyperterminal, then they are coming from your hardware.

To get repeated characters, you can use File->Properties, Settings Tab, ASCII setup button, and then check 'Echo Typed Characters Locally'. This will help convince you that your hardware really is sending you characters.

Now you can implement a NIOS system with a UART and connect the RX/TX. You can also have that NIOS system connected to a JTAG UART. You can have the project use the JTAG UART for normal stdio, so that it displays in Eclipse, and write some code to generate a string on the hardware UART. Your hyperterminal session will then print out whatever message you are sending from the NIOS processor.

Cheers,

Dave