[beagleboard] Do I really need a USB-to-FTDI cable to see the U-boot prompt? Will it not work on micro-HDMI?

2016-11-10 Thread unixero
Hi, I've seen some docs on how to build a custom kernel and so far it appears to have cross-compiled correctly. http://elinux.org/Building_BBB_Kernel http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial Now, in order to see the U-boot prompt, it says I should connect the serial cable to my PC.

Re: [beagleboard] Do I really need a USB-to-FTDI cable to see the U-boot prompt? Will it not work on micro-HDMI?

2016-11-10 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:33 AM, wrote: > Hi, I've seen some docs on how to build a custom kernel and so far it > appears to have cross-compiled correctly. > http://elinux.org/Building_BBB_Kernel > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial > > Now, in order to see the U-boot prompt,

Re: [beagleboard] Do I really need a USB-to-FTDI cable to see the U-boot prompt? Will it not work on micro-HDMI?

2016-11-10 Thread William Hermans
You do not have to buy a FTDI cable. It could be any decent cable, that does not necessarily cost as much as FTDI. For example my buddy and I ordered a couple of PL2303HX cables off ebay for like $5-6 usd shipped. My point here is that you could just simply pay $2-$3 out of your pocket, and just b

Re: [beagleboard] Do I really need a USB-to-FTDI cable to see the U-boot prompt? Will it not work on micro-HDMI?

2016-11-11 Thread Stephane Charette
On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 12:36:07 PM UTC-8, William Hermans wrote: > > You do not have to buy a FTDI cable. It could be any decent cable, that > does not necessarily cost as much as FTDI. For example my buddy and I > ordered a couple of PL2303HX cables off ebay for like $5-6 usd shipped.