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Date:      Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:12:24 +1100
From:      Richard Perini <rpp@ci.com.au>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using one RPI2 as a serial terminal for a second RPI2
Message-ID:  <20160323031224.GA89990@jodi.ci.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20160323012413.GA86944@www.zefox.net>
References:  <20160323012413.GA86944@www.zefox.net>

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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 06:24:13PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to operate an RPI2  single user with the HDMI monitor
> and a USB keyboard?  
> 
> Is it practical to cross-connect the UART pins and use cu on one RPI2 to 
> communicate with a second? 
> 
> If not, is there a USB-to-3.3v UART adapter which
> uses existing FreeBSD drivers? Amazon.com is full of cables, but most
> speak only of Windows and Mac OS X. 
> 
> Thanks for reading!

	I do exactly that, but using a USB to TTL cable and minicom:
	https://www.adafruit.com/products/954

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