Terra Term / Putty alternative for Mac

[tk007b]

Hi, 

I have a LPC845-BRK Microprocessor and am trying to use it for the first time. I can download all the software, SDK and example data but do not know of a suitable alternative for Terra Term or Putty that will work on a Mac (running Big Sur)

Can anyone advise ?

Thanks in advance 

[Alice_Yang]

Hello,

Do you use MCUXpresso IDE, if yes, you can use "Terminal View" of  IDE.

Detail please refer to MCUXpresso IDE User Guide-> 19.8 Using Terminal View for UART communication with target.

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/MCUXpresso_IDE_User_Guide.pdf  

BR

Alice

[tk007b]

Perfect!, 

Thanks Alice. I wonder why the instructions mention terra term / putty then ?

Anyway, I will use the terminal window and go from there. 

Thank you for your speedy reply and assistance 

Kind regards

[tk007b · Accepted solution]

Hi there, 

Using my Mac, i've managed to get a terminal window on MCUXpressoIDE (Shift+CTRL+ALT+ T) but when I select the serial port drop down I do not see the LPC845-BRK's port available (the lpc845 is switched on and plugged in). See pic below ..

As a result I cannot see any output to any code I use (Hello World, for example). 

Many thanks, again

** AMENDMENT ** - The LPC845-BRK serial port appears as the 2nd option (the usbmodem) from the picture above.

All sorted 

[mabayden]

Hey, yeah, PuTTY and Terra Term come up a lot since they’re common on Windows, but on Mac, there are actually some decent options too.

If you're sticking with serial stuff, the terminal inside MCUXpresso IDE works fine, but a few others are worth checking out:

• CoolTerm is simple and does the job

• Serial.app is a bit more polished (though it’s paid)

• iTerm2 with something like screen or minicom is solid if you're comfortable in the terminal

• Attune is great if you’re doing more complex scripting or automating things across machines

• Termius is pretty user-friendly and works across platforms

• Zoc is another powerful one (also paid, but has a lot packed in)

Totally depends on what you’re trying to do — simple serial vs full-on automation. Sounds like you’ve got things working now with MCUXpresso, though, which is great.

Hope this helps if you want to try something else later.