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9 years ago

code for Uart communication

hey there i am doing a Train ticket FPGA based vending machine and i want to print a ticket using a printer. tell me what to do. I am thinking of using a PC as medium to print the ticket is that p...
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9 years ago

Which printer do you use? Some printers take simple control signals or even print chars they get over RS232.

Using a PC as go-between could help, send chars over rs232 (relatively easy to implement) and write software on the PC to print (I have no idea how to go about doing that).