Thanks; I would love to get confrontational with the hardware designers, but I am two levels removed in different companies It is possible that UART0.TX and UART0.RX have been brought out to VIA's - but they are not labeled, and I do not have a PDF or gerber of the board layout.
There have been a number of errors on this already - either the masking or pick and place screwed up and delayed the boards almost a month. My problem is that there is a deadline for a prototype in Early Feb. No matter whose fault it is, if the deadline is blown it will be bad for all. I design hardware for fun - though nothing I can not build myself with 60 year old eyes - that rules out SMT I write software that works with hardware for a living. Mostly linux. I have done board bring up on boards with no linux support at all so I can work my way through this the hard way if I have to. Yes, it is really mean not to bring out UART0. The debug UART is absolutely critical for board bring up, and near useless afterwards. Just two pads that is all I want. As I think of it I am going to have fun with UART1-4 too. They have level shifters, so my TTL USB serial cable wont work. I am going to have to find my old RS232 level cables. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/ca6205b1-8691-453b-9e0c-1bdc581e1b9c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
