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MT7
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3 years ago

Cyclone V GX Starter Dev Kit Direct UART Communication

Reviewing the Cyclone V GX Starter Dev Kit schematics, it only has one UART port which connects directly to a USB interface (Image1.png). Is there any other way to communicate with this dev kit vi...
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Farabi
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3 years ago

Hello,


Yes, you can connect the UART interface directly to your devkit, but you need to put the UART IP into the Cyclone V GX FPGA and assign the pins according to the connection you want to connect.


At the cable side, you need to have USB-to-UART converter cable.


regards,

Farabi