Using one RPI2 as a serial terminal for a second RPI2

[Ian Lepore]

On Tue, 2016-03-22 at 18:24 -0700, bob prohaska 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
>  

Chances are good any of those usb serial adapters on amazon work fine
on freebsd.  Certainly anything based on an FTDI chipset will, I've got
9 of them plugged into this machine right now. :)

-- Ian