Did you ever get a response or figure out how to do it. Found this page but it is completely broken: https://community.seeedstudio.com/How-to-use-the-Grove-UART-port-as-a-GPIO-on-BBG-p-365.html
Thanks! On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 7:54:58 AM UTC-7, Stephane Charette wrote: > > I see several examples on the web on how to use the Grove-UART port for > GPIO. They talk about modifying a line in /boot/uEnv.txt: > > For example, this page > http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/index.php?controller=recipe&action=show&recipe_id=362&ref=product > > ...states in somewhat broken English: > > Then blocking “cape_enable=capemgr.enable_partno=BB-UART2” just as the >> picture below shows. >> #cape_enable=capemgr.enable_partno=BB-UART2 > > > But looking in /boot/uEnv.txt, I'm not seeing this exact line to comment > out. I'm running Robert Nelson's Ubuntu 16.04 image. > > There are hints that a better method exists to do what I want. References > like this one from 10 months ago: > > "Using cape-universal is a better way to enable UART2 these days, rather >> than forcing it in uEnv.txt. Most of the Python libraries know how to load >> the required cape overlay to enable UART2 and this should be checked." > > > Can someone point me to the right place for me to understand what I need > to do? In the end, I want to do is connect a Grove GPIO twig (such as > Seeed's chainable RGB LED) to the right-hand-side Grove port. > > Thanks. > -- 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/5658a34b-4329-480a-af21-623f5b603cf4%40googlegroups.com.
