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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

RS232 with uCLinux

Hi, I am trying to set up communication between a PC and a DE2-70 board running uCLinux via the serial port. When booting uCLinux it detects the UART component alright. I naively assumed that i...
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16 years ago

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Am I right in thinking that if within uCLinux run "cat /dev/urandom /dev/ttyS0", I should - given I have the correct baud rate etc. is set on the host (equal to what I set in SOPC builder) - receive a stream of random data?

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Yep. (if urandom is not configured not to be provided)

-Michael