Audience
Embedded developers and engineers who need a modern, extensible terminal application to communicate with devices using serial and network protocols
About WhippyTerm
WhippyTerm is a modern terminal application designed for use on contemporary operating systems like Windows and Linux. It features a sleek, user-friendly interface and supports communication protocols commonly used by embedded developers. The software supports serial communication standards such as RS232, RS485, RS422, and TTL UART, as well as TCP/IP and UDP. Unique capabilities include built-in hex dumps, bookmarks, and extensibility through plugins. WhippyTerm also offers native support for binary protocols and can send blocks of binary or ASCII data. It supports terminal emulations like ANSI by default, with options to add others such as VT100 via plugins.
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Open source
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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WhippyTerm
Canada
whippyterm.com
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Linux
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