CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal that’s aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Easy to use GUI.
- No cryptic keyboard shortcuts.
- Lineoriented interface instead of character-oriented.
- Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Q and Ctrl+S control sequences work.
- Input history.
- xmodem, ymodem, zmodem support (requires the sz tools).
- Easy to differentiate between typed text and echoed text.
- Select between read/write, read-only and write-only open mode.
- Open the device without changing its settings.
- Hexadecimal input and output.
- Configurable line end characters (LF, CR, LFCR).
- Configurable delay between characters.
Website: cutecom.sourceforge.net
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Developer: Alexander Neundorf
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
CuteCom is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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