Example - USB Serial Console¶

Objective¶

This example connects the USB Serial Console port to a host system, powers up the development kit, and provides basic verification that the development kit is working.

Prerequisites¶

• A micro USB Cable
• A host system with a USB connection. (Windows or Linux PC)
• A terminal monitor program such as PuTTY.
  • PuTTY on Ubuntu 22.04 may need to add a user to the group dialout and specify a font. (Link to more info on the font issue)

Steps¶

• Plugin the USB cable into the USB-UART connector on the development board and the host system.
  
• Plugin the power cable for the development board.
• Turn the power on
• Connect Putty to the serial port. You will need to determine which serial port this is on your host PC (Windows or Linux). Something like /dev/ttySx or COM9.
  • Specify the speed as 115200
• You should see output such as:

• Login with a user id of 'root'. There is no password.

Conclusion¶

This completes this initial hands-on example. You now know that the development kit has basic functionality and can be logged into.