Many embedded applications include a serial connection for displaying messages, sending commands or checking status. In order to interact with such a connection a terminal utility is required. The Terminal View in Code Composer Studio can be used for this.

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Opening

To open this tool go to the View menu and select Terminal.

This will open the view in your workspace.

Connecting

Click on the Open Terminal button on the toolbar.

This will open a dialog box where you can configure your connection.

Typically you will configure the terminal for a serial connection.

This is an image of a terminal connected to the portable demo that comes with the CC13x0 SimpleLink SDK.

Multiple Connections

It is possible to open multiple terminals by clicking on the

This will open another terminal view and bring up the settings dialog box.