Communication PC-De0 Nano

Hello Dave,

I was just telling my proffesor that I would like to use virtual jtag instead of usb to Ttl(serial).

Something about his background, he is not familiar with fpga but familiar about communication between pc and microcontroller.

He said that I cannot just get my data on pc side from my fpga just like usb to ttl do with hyperterminal. He is not questioning about my programming on fpga side but he is questioning about my programming on pc. He said if I use the jtag, I should make my GUI(on pc side) to follow jtag protocol(which is complicated).

He also said I could not get the data from hyperterminal directly (like usb to ttl do)even if my virtual jtag on fpga do work.

I don't really get it.

Could you please tell me what he think?

All this time I think I could send my data from fpga to pc using virtual jtag via hyperterminal just like usb to ttl(serial) do.

Thank you, Dave.