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20 years ago

Accesing PC files from UART

Hi everybody, I am working in a project that requires sending datas stored in an internal register implemented into the FPGA to a file in a PC (W-XP). I think the best way is using the UART (11...
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20 years ago

I would use UART and not jtag uart simply becuse of the fact that i don't know how to write a program that will sit at the pc side and will use the jtag protocol to communicate with the nios. this doesn't says that it can be done.

so for simplicity use uart.

you should write on your pc a program that will receive the data sent from the nios. for that you can use any C/C++ compiler that generate a code for your pc

like Visual studio (you can't use the nios II ide).

if you need a code that do this you can email me