On 17 February 2017 at 10:18, Riley Baird riley@openmailbox.org wrote:
Hi Tomeu and Simon,
Thanks for giving me pointers on how the system works and how to get u-boot onto it. I'll try and get it working over the next couple of days.
I'm very glad that it's possible to chainload and the output comes out on the laptop screen, because I got a spreadsheet to work out how much it would cost to build a servo, and it was much more expensive than I thought! :)
Depending on what you plan to do with the machine, serial output can be very handy, specially if you want to run automated tests to validate whatever you end up doing with it.
Simon will know more about this, but I thought that the CPU UART lines are separate in the flex cable, so you may be able to find pads in the board that you can solder to.
Regards,
Tomeu
Thanks again,
Riley