Our IMX6 Products have the ability to boot a system with a dumb terminal on a serial port as a console. This configuration is useful for developers who want to debug the kernel or device drivers.
According to this Google+ post, the The UART is 3.3V, so the USB→UART cable needs to be compatible with 3.3V, not 5V. Adapter cable only needed with HummingBoardwith HummingBoard. Here can you find more information about the HummingBoard Base/Pro GPIOs.
CuBox-i Carrierboard Pro: CuBox-i1 and CuBox-i2 do not have serial port support, CuBox-i2exW, Cubox-i2ex and CubBox-i4Pro come with a FTDI FT230X adapter, vendor ID = 1027 (0x403), productID = 24597 (0x6015).
Using a microUSB cable, it is possible to make serial connection. With a serial connection, the i.MX6 U-Boot command can be changed. It is also possible to log into a Linux environment using terminal emulation.
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Before making a serial connection, output to the serial console must be enabled in i.MX6 U-Boot . The following arguments must be passed to U-Boot to enable the serial console:
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Open Settings, Connection and set the values to 115200 8 N 1 (uncheck Local Echo).
Open File, Transfer Convert and set Binary Data. |
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