3.3 Serial Terminal

Many sample applications come with UART support for printing the debug information, or status of any operation. Some applications require user input through the UART, so TI advises installing a serial terminal application. Tera Term is used for demonstration here, but the Code Composer Terminal may also be used. Follow these steps to instal Tera Term:

1. Download Tera Term, and install as per the instructions.
2. Run the Tera Term application.
3. Select the Serial Port shown as XDS110 Class Application/User UART (see Figure 2).

Be sure to install the XDS110 drivers for the PC to enumerate these ports for the serial terminal. Refer to Section 3.4 for installation of the XDS110 drivers.

Figure 2. Tera Term New Connection Window
4. Go to Setup → Serial port (see Figure 3).
Figure 3. Tera Term Serial Port Tab
5. Configure the settings as per Figure 4.
Figure 4. Tera Term Serial Port Settings