Another interesting addition to the latest Atmel Studio 6 is the terminal window, which is an integrated extension installed by default. There is more information about the Atmel Studio extension manager in a separate Product Training Module here at Digikey. The Terminal Window opens a channel through the computer’s serial port, and connects to the target using a simple serial port or USB-to-serial adapter. It also lets the user save the communication in a file, as documentation of board test run, and calibration data generated by the target microcontroller.