How to use putty in Uart-to-USB communication?

Hi,

As I mentioned in the previous post, my intention is to have an FPGA counting TTL pulses, and then send the count data to a computer. To visualize it, I mentioned the idea of writing a .txt file with the counting for each interval. What I found from internet is that Uart-to-USB was a way to achieve this, so that's why I made the previous post. The response I got was the one that mentioned the "uart transmit to the putty (usb-to-uart)", however, I'm not entirely sure on what's this step about. I would appreciate some clarification on this process and the steps you mentioned.

Hello,

Yes, that's pretty much it. I checked the design, but I'm not sure how to make it work properly (I'm confused regarding the PuTTY usage here). Also, I would like to know how to program the design in the FPGA and make it persistent, so it works just by plugging in the cables. The model I'm using is Cyclone V 5CSEBA6U23I7. I'm thinking the detector will be connected through the GPIO.

Hi,

I'm using Quartus Prime Lite Edition, 22.1std.2 Build 922. And no, I haven't done anything before with Quartus nor Nios II; as I stated in the previous post, I'm new to hardware programming, but because I have some knolewdge in high level programming languages, I was able to create the design I showed in the previous post using Verilog HDL. The reason of my previous post was to get some help with the process of transmitting the information to my computer; the person who answered me provided the updated design.

Hello,

Sorry for late response, I didn't have the time to check on things until now. I have followed the tutorial provided for the 'my_first_hps' project. However, I'm a little lost on certain things. In the project I have so far (the one from the previous post) there is a 'software' folder which contains different files. Now, if I understand correctly, if I want to make my design work, and have a text file with the counting data of the pulses detected by the FPGA, I need to replace the C files in 'my_first_hps' folder, with the C files from the 'software' folder in my current design. Then make the process of compiling and copying the executable file into the Linux system of the FPGA's SD card. Is this correct? Another thing is, I mentioned before that I would want this design to be persistent, meaning that, I want to connect the FPGA to the detector and a PC to have the counting, how can I achieve this?