Sonic Alert 2.8 User Manual

6.3

TeraTerm blast extensions

6.3

TeraTerm blast extensions

As an alternative to the jtag executable, Boundary Devices has also pro-
duced an extension to the TeraTerm open-source terminal emulator with
support for the Blast

protocol.

It has the following benefits over the use of jtag:

• Does not require Cygwin and ioperm

• Because it’s a Windows

graphical application, it’s a bit simpler to

use and has a file-chooser dialog.

The drawback is that it does not support the jtag hardware connection

or any of the associated features (can’t force a hardware reset, can’t recover
a machine with a trashed flash).

We recommend its use only for non-development needs, or when cabling

the jtag is inconvenient (e.g. during production).

It can be downloaded

here

December 28, 2005

Revision 2.8