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14 years ago

JTAG functions for writing and reading data from nios towards host pc

Hi I'd like to communicate with a nios system using a JTAG uart module, but I don't know which functions I have to use in nios C-program...I read something about printf () for sending data to syst...
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14 years ago

The JTAG uart uses the standard C functions from stdio.h to communicate, so any online resource about standard C I/O functions should help you see how this is done. Functions like printf(), scanf(), getc() are supported.

For you other question, it depends on the type and amount of data. If you don't have a lot and if it is text, then you can just copy/paste the terminal contents to a file on your PC.