From: Dave H. <dhy...@gm...> - 2008-02-18 21:37:35
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Hi Pete, > >> Does the JTAG-vx board have the serial console on it? It looks like it > >> has > >> the connector but the product description doesn't say anything about > >> serial. > > > > The schematics show that the connector goes to the FFUART on the pogo > > pins, which would be the console from the gumstix being programmed > > (which presses on the pogo pins and doesn't plug into the 60-pin > > hirose connector). > > > > Now I'm really confused. So in order to use the serial console on the JTAG > board you need to squeeze the boards together? I see there is a 60pin > connector in the picture of the JTAG board does it not have the ffuart > signals routed to the connector on the JTAG board? The 60 pin connector is intended to be able to use a 2nd gumstix as the JTAG programmer (instead of connecting a JTAG up to the 20 pin JTAG conenctor). The 60 pin connector FFUART pins don't go anywhere according to the schematics. The gumstix that is being programmed is squeezed onto the spring-loaded pins. There are NO jtag signals present in the 60 pin connector, which is why the spring-loaded pins need to be used. -- Dave Hylands Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.DaveHylands.com/ |