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9 years ago

using UART in DE1-SoC board

Hi, I am using a DE1-SoC board. I am trying to hands-on few basic projects. My question is, can I not use the UART to visualize the output directly, instead of using it with a Nios II core or t...
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9 years ago

Building a UART is pretty darn simple, especially a Tx-only UART as would be needed here. But the DE1-SoC board also has a bunch of LEDs and a 7-segment display. I agree with Pieter that driving those would be an easier and better way to go for displaying a counter than a UART. The UART is probably connected to the SoC anyway.