From 683935870d5b7d01e8793811ea161239fa084e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:08:14 +0000 Subject: docs (bbb_setup.html): how to use FTDI debug on Beaglebone Black --- docs/install/bbb_setup.html | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/install/bbb_setup.html') diff --git a/docs/install/bbb_setup.html b/docs/install/bbb_setup.html index 840b4ad3..69ba4122 100644 --- a/docs/install/bbb_setup.html +++ b/docs/install/bbb_setup.html @@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ (it will use DHCP by default) and set a root password. The steps below 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2