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authorbnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2015-01-08 07:07:17 -0800
committerbnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2015-01-08 07:07:17 -0800
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Merge pull request #2 from al42and/quickstart-board-uart
quickstart-board: Fixed UART voltage, added pinout
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rootfs media.
.. topic:: Before you begin...
- You will need a 5v USB-FTDI cable and a computer to work from (as a
+ You will need a 3.3V USB-FTDI cable and a computer to work from (as a
terminal). You will also need an Ethernet cable if you want wired
networking.
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ connection is described on the `"Using Novena PVT1" wiki page
*Novena PVT2 board with FTDI UART cable attached to console port (note wire
colors and orientation)*
+.. figure:: /img/novena-uart-pinout.jpg
+ :align: center
+ :alt: Novena UART Pinout (PVT2)
+ :width: 100%
+ :target: _images/novena-uart-pinout.jpg
+
+ *Pinout of Novena PVT2 board console port, wire colors correspond to default
+ FTDI UART connector*
+
+
Open a terminal program on the work machine and open the FTDI device using
115200 baud as the speed and "normal" settings for everything else (eg,
``8n1``). For example, on a UNIX machine you could use the ``screen`` command