On 2025-07-31 01:08, Steve Dondley wrote:
On Jul 30, 2025, at 7:59 PM, mick.crane <[email protected]> wrote:
I've never really known what a serial console is.
Say in relation to a Raspberry Pi or Arduino
I assumed a serial console was a device with a screen and keyboard.
When people talk about a serial console they are talking about
connecting a Debian PC to a device with a parallel, wired cable to a
parallel port or an adaptor on a PC and emulating this console thing
with software?
Like a telnet connection?
mick
Serial means one bit after another. Console is an old school term for a
computer control panel on old mainframes. As those died out, the word
“console” morphed into meaning your display/keyboard/mouse which can
often be serial input/output devices. There are various ports for
connecting a serial device to a computer.
If anyone is applying the term “serial” to a parallel port or a device
that has parallel output, that would seem wrong to me.
serial console/ parallel is likely me not understanding terminology.
These Raspberry Pis, Arduinos with the connection with all the pins,
what protocol is that expecting?
mick
