Subversion Repositories uart_fpga_slow_control_migrated

In this section we will try to give ideas on how to drive the UART from a PC
besides the simple implementation with RealTerm.

in the software folder of the project archive you will find:
 
++ rtd_uart_test.bat :
 \ copy this bat file inside the RealTerm software folder to load the program (http://realterm.sourceforge.net/)
   passing parameter settings (uart port, speed, display size, etc)
 \ check "RealTerm_line_commands.txt" in the documentation folder for more parameters
 \ loads a file "Hex_commands.bin" (in BINARY format) and sends it over UART
 \ known strange behaviour of such method:
   > COLS=18 doesn't set the number of columns to 18
   > relative paths or paths with "" don't work
   
++ py_serial_control.py :
 \ custom very simple script to read and write the UART with Python (http://www.python.org/doc)
 \ uses the pySerial library (http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/)
   > parses human readable parameters and translates them into the correct hex commands
     e.g: >> update --> 0x8000 0x00000000
     include a basic 'help' menu
 \ Customize your script 
   > define your commands
   > DEFINE the number of registers to expect back after an update
 \ Browse to you script folder
   > from a shell type: python py_serial_control.py
   > enjoy ! :)   
 \ to be implemented:
   > load parameters and commands from files 
   > improve readback print on screen formatting
   > make a generic nregister readout 
   
py_serial il Linux friendly! :) 
Tested on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS