Using one RPI2 as a serial terminal for a second RPI2

[Tim Kientzle]

> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:24 PM, 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? 

Should work fine.

> 
> 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. 
> 

The common Adafru.it/954 cable works fine with a FreeBSD host.

Tim