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Date:      Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:02:11 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=B8ren_Schmidt?= <soren.schmidt@gmail.com>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        Joseph Holsten <joseph@josephholsten.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB-serial adapter suggestions needed
Message-ID:  <1C0F21CD-08C6-4BF9-A9BB-E8AAD60C4C31@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ZYhiRHUzBQ50nWSE@www.zefox.net>
References:  <ZYhiRHUzBQ50nWSE@www.zefox.net>

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Hi,

Mix of ft232 and ch340 here as I need 1500000 baud for rockchip development.=

Picocom as =E2=80=9Cterminal=E2=80=9D on either macOS or FreeBSD. No problem=
s with any of those whatsoever.

-S=C3=B8ren


> On 24 Dec 2023, at 17.54, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFOn Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 09:26:50PM -0800, Joseph Holsten wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Dec 23, 2023, at 16:43, bob prohaska wrote:
>>> What are the best-supported usb-serial adapters for use with FreeBSD on
>>> arm systems?
>>> I'm specifically interested in Raspberryp Pi 2/3/4 (and maybe 5
>>> someday).
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>>> I've been using pl2303 and ft232 but wonder if there might be others wor=
th
>>> considering. Pl2303 are cheap and have lately been working fairly well, b=
ut
>>> if there's something better supported or behaved I'd like to know.
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>> I ended up going with the Raspberry Pi debug probe:
>>    https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/debug-probe=
.html
>> If I remember correctly, it???s a pl2303 inside. I mostly got this model f=
or the connectors and laziness.
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> Laziness and frugality led me to the pl2303 also. At the moment, it looks
> like the best choice.
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>> Jeff Geerling mentions some of the other options at https://www.jeffgeerl=
ing.com/blog/2023/testing-raspberry-pis-new-debug-probe
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> That's a good article, especially the references.
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>>=20
>> If I were doing it again, I???d probably get the Black Magic Probe which a=
lso supports JTAG https://www.adafruit.com/product/3839
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> Present purposes are dedicated to serial console interface. Perhaps someda=
y,
> but not yet. An apropos search for jtag finds
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> altera_jtag_uart  driver for the Altera JTAG UART Core
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> Does that imply the only jtag device supported by FreeBSD must
> be compatible with the particular device family?
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> Thanks for writing!
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> bob prohaska
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>=20



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