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Are there any tricks in converting from an environment controlled via Eclipse ( debug JTAG port ), to a system that is stand-alone, and starts without any Eclipse interaction?
I would just like the JTAG UART to still communicate with the a NIOS terminal window or something similar.
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There is a NIOS II host-side console (command-line) program; nios2-terminal.
Depending on your hardware setup, you may find it easier to move away from using JTAG for your UART (since it is inherently polled) to an FPGA-based UART connected to a UART-to-USB bridge (meaning that do you not have to have RS232 level translators). For example, FTDI has cables ...
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/c232hm-ddhsl-0/768-1106-nd/2714139 http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/c232hd-ddhsp-0/768-1011-nd/2767783 Cheers,
Dave
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