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16 years ago

JTAG_UART link between remote PCs

Does anyone know if it is possible to pick off characters sent over the JTAG_UART and feed them to a FIFO, which in turrn feeds a transmitter, and additionally, if it is possible to receive character...
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16 years ago

i don't think you can have a JTAG UART going to 2 different PCs from a single FPGA.

you could use 1 PC with a JTAG UART and a board with an RS-232 port to run a normal UART out to. then add a USB to RS-232/serial adapter to the 2nd PC.