Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of Boards/Beagle Board

Timestamp:

03/14/19 19:33:20 (5 years ago)

Author:

Gedare Bloom

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Boards/Beagle Board

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 == Beagle Bone Console ==
 
-The Beaglebone Black supports the standard 6pin inline UART TTL connector. You can purchase a TTL to USB cable that plugs onto this header. Please refer to the board's user manual or [https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories#Serial_Debug_Cables wiki page]for the details of the cable and how to connect it.
+The Beaglebone Black supports the standard 6pin inline UART TTL connector. You can purchase a TTL to USB cable that plugs onto this header. Please refer to the board's user manual or [https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories#Serial_Debug_Cables wiki page] for the details of the cable and how to connect it.
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+You'll need to determine which tty is connected to the USB. On Linux hosts, you can simply use `dmesg | grep tty` and see, for example, ttyUSB0 was assigned. Then you can connect using a serial console program, e.g., `sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200`.
 
 = Boot Loader =