From 683935870d5b7d01e8793811ea161239fa084e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:08:14 -0500 Subject: docs (bbb_setup.html): how to use FTDI debug on Beaglebone Black --- (limited to 'docs/install/bbb_setup.html') diff --git a/docs/install/bbb_setup.html b/docs/install/bbb_setup.html index 840b4ad..69ba412 100644 --- a/docs/install/bbb_setup.html +++ b/docs/install/bbb_setup.html @@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ are done while SSH'd into a BBB.

+ You can also use a serial FTDI debug board, with GNU Screen (example):
+ # screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
+ images/x200/ftdi.jpg and + images/x200/ftdi_port.jpg + show an FTDI debug board in use. With screen you can then login as root, like you would using SSH.
+ Using this, you can also see text output (from kernel, etc) when booting the machine. +

+

+ You can also simply connect the USB cable from the BBB to another computer and a new network interface will appear, + with it's own IP address: this is the BBB. You can SSH into that. Or, you can (example):
+ # screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200 +

+

Since it's a bare board (no case) and you are also touching inside your X200, you should be earthed/grounded. images/x200/strap.jpg shows how I earthed myself. This is to prevent you from causing any ESD damage. The surface that you place components on should also be earthed/grounded. -- cgit v0.9.1