Terminal Emulator

A "terminal emulator" is a software application that emulates a text terminal or system console. Think of the old CRT displays used to interface with a mainframe in the 1980s.

Today, embedded developers can use a terminal emulator to send and receive ASCII characters or data via a serial port (UART) on the development board.

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There are many different terminal emulation programs to choose from. The following are a couple of examples that work well.

CoolTerm

Runs on:

  Windows
  Mac
  Linux

Download here >

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Tera Term

Runs on:

  Windows

Download here >

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