Using a Terminal Emulator on Linux

This tutorial is meant as a guide for using the serial function of the Terminal Emulator with Digilent Boards. This tutorial shows how to PuTTY on Ubuntu machines.

Open PuTTY SSH Client. It is the same interface as on a WindowsOS.

1.Session

Serial Connections

The Serial Connection uses a Serial line to communicate through UART from the Terminal Emulator to the Digilent boards. You can configure theSerial lineandBaud rateon the Sessions page.

  • Serial linerefers to a serial port. Serial ports are used to communicate to through UART to embedded systems.
  • Speedrefers to baud rate.Baudrate is the speed that data is being transmitted and is expressed as bits per second.
  • ForMicroblazeprojects the default baud rate is 9600. ForZynqprojects the default baud rate is 115200.

2.TERMINAL OPTIONS

The options in this category influence terminal emulation and keyboard mappings. Thelocal echooption allows what is being typed into the PuTTy Terminal to be visible.

3.CONNECTION OPTIONS

The Serial Setup page is used to configuring the Serial line, Speed (Baud), Data bits, Parity, Stop bits and Flow control in the terminal Emulator to match the Digilent boards Serial setup. Typically the Data, Parity, and are left at default setting.

  • Serial linerefers to a serial port. Serial ports are used to communicate to through UART to embedded systems.
  • Speedrefers to baud rate.Baudrate is the speed that data is being transmitted and is expressed as bits per second.
  • ForMicroblazeprojects the default baud rate is 9600. ForZynqprojects the default baud rate is 115200.
  • Flow controlshould be set to none.