Thread: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900
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2014-05-22 , 09:03
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#1889
Originally Posted by wicket View Post
I asked about JTAG only out of curiosity and am unlikely to do anything with it.

What I'd like to know is if I will be able to connect a USB-to-RS232 null modem cable to the mircoUSB port and hook up a physical terminal such as a VT100 (in reality I'll probably just hook it up to my PC and connect to it with cu or minicom). This would obviously be more convenient than building a cable to hook up to the pad connectors under the battery.

I'd also like to be able to do the reverse and use cu or minicom on the N900 to connect to the serial console of a server.
Latest idea we discuss in the team: add a second micro-USB socket and a FT232 converter within the Neo900. So you can access the console any time you like. With standard cables and no need to open the device. Even if you currently use the normal USB socket in OTG mode. And even use it to charge the battery in that case (no Y cable needed).

Of course, this is a quite new idea and circuitry needs to be reviewed.

-- hns
 

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