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VT100 Terminal

Table of Contents

  1. Hello World!
  2. Library
  3. Details
  4. Reference

A simple library for controlling the cursor position and colour on a serial terminal emulator.

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Hello World!

main.cpp

// simple test for a ANSI/VT100 Terminal, sford

#include "mbed.h"

#include "Terminal.h"

Terminal term(USBTX, USBRX); // tx, rx

int main() {
    term.printf("Hello World!\nHow are you?");

    wait(2);

    term.locate(3,1);
    term.foreground(0xFF0000);
    term.printf("I'm Great!");

    wait(3);

    term.cls();
}

Library

Details

A terminal program like Teraterm or Hyperterminal often supports escape sequences to control things like cursor location and colour. A common set of escape codes are those first used on the VT100 terminal, which are listed sequences, as found here:

Reference

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