{"id":1257,"date":"2012-05-12T01:56:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T20:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2012-05-12T01:56:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T20:26:28","slug":"hacking-your-goflex-home-2-uart-serial-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/hacking-your-goflex-home-2-uart-serial-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking your GoFlex Home, #2 UART Serial Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serial console? That’s beautiful<\/em> when it comes to debugging. The following images are specific to the Seagate GoFlex Home, however, you may be able to figure out the connections for other Marvell SoCs.<\/p>\n

On the board:<\/strong>
\nNotice that according to the picture, the bottom right last three pins are used.
\n\"Connections<\/a><\/p>\n

The junction:<\/strong>
\nI’ve used extra wires simply for convenience, the orange, yellow and black connect to these white, black and grey wires respectively.
\n\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

On the USB UART Adapter:<\/strong>
\nI’ve used a USB2.0 to RS232 TTL Converter Module PL2102(available on eBay easily)
\n\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

PIN Configuration:<\/strong>
\nOn the GoFlex Home:<\/em><\/p>\n

\r\n10 9 8 7 6\r\n 5 4 3 2 1\r\n\r\n1 => GND (Ground for the serial communication)\r\n2 => RX  (Receiving bits)\r\n3 => TX  (Transmitting bits)\r\n<\/pre>\n
Note: The RX and TX are interchanged at one end, this is because the RX of the GoFlex becomes the TX of the USB adapter, and vice cersa.<\/p>\n
After you connect the USB end to your desktop\/laptop, you can use screen to display the serial console:<\/p>\n
\r\n# screen \/dev\/ttyUSB0 115200\r\n<\/pre>\n
The serial console is especially useful for debugging the kernel boot and setting the u-boot environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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