DESCRIPTION
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TermDriver listens on a serial line and emulates a terminal on a standard VGA connector. It gives embedded microcontrollers a real console.
TermDriver monitors the serial line at 115200 baud, and any serial output from the CPU also appears on the VGA. There’s nothing to set up or load. When your microcontroller executes:
for (;;)
printf(“Counter is %dn”, counter++);
You get this output on the VGA:
Hookup is four lines (ground, power, reset, serial) so it’s easily connected to any CPU.
As well as the “classic” 80×25 text mode, the emulation also offers a higher density 128×48 mode, and a portrait orientation 96×64 mode. Both are very readable because they match TermDriver’s native 1024×768 @ 60 Hz VGA output.
The terminal emulation is fully compatible with the DOS ANSI.SYS, so classic ASCII and ANSI art draws correctly.
FEATURES
Technical Specifications:
The serial line is 115200 baud, 8 bits no parity. The signal level is 3.3 V, and is 5 V tolerant.
Power is 5V. TermDriver has an onboard 3.3 V regulator.
Current consumption is 25 mA when running, 10 mA when in screen saver mode. The reset signal is active low.
Video output is standard VGA 1024×768 at 60 Hz.
The following standard CSI codes are supported:
Code | Effect |
ESC [ n A | Cursor up |
ESC [ n B | Cursor down |
ESC [ n C | Cursor forward |
ESC [ n D | Cursor back |
ESC [ r;c H | Cursor position |
ESC [ n J | Erase display |
ESC [ n m | Select graphic rendition |
ESC [ s | Save cursor position |
ESC [ u | Restore cursor position |
In addition, the following sequences are specific to TermDriver:
Code | Effect |
ESC [ n h | Set display mode. – is 80×25, 1 is 128×48, 2 is 96×64 (rotated) |
ESC [ u | Screen-saver. 0 stops video output, 1 restarts video output |
RESOURCES
- Datasheet