Using one RPI2 as a serial terminal for a second RPI2

[Alexander Kabaev]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:24:13 -0700
bob prohaska <fbsd at www.zefox.net> wrote:

> Is there a way to operate an RPI2  single user with the HDMI monitor
> and a USB keyboard?  
> 
> Is it practical to cross-connect the UART pins and use cu on one RPI2
> to communicate with a second? 
> 
> If not, is there a USB-to-3.3v UART adapter which
> uses existing FreeBSD drivers? Amazon.com is full of cables, but most
> speak only of Windows and Mac OS X. 
> 
> Thanks for reading!
> 
> bob prohaska
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I do not see why cross-connect would not work, so that is certainly an
option. Also, virtually every USB-to-UART cable out there is based on
either UFTDI or Prolific chips, both of which are supported quite well
under FreeBSD.

-- 
Alexander Kabaev
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