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12 years ago

[URGENT] How to receive a string from UART ?

Hi! I am only able to receive the last char from the UART and was wondering how can I receive a string from UART HyperTerminal -> UART -> Terminal 0 (Nios II Console) I am using Nios II C ...
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12 years ago

Hi, which board, which NIOS II program, which UART driver ?

In almost programs for beginner ("getting started", tutorials), every time you send a character to UART, it triggers an interruption and copy it to the Nios II Terminal.

A string is a suite of characters.

So what is the problem ? You want Terminal to print the entire string ? You have to memorize the characters until a Carrier Return is received and after print it to terminal...

Regards.