On 01/05/2016 03:12 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:

 Robert Moskowitz wrote:

You can get the converters really cheap on ebay.  Every board I have has
one permanently installed, so I can always get into the console.  I buy
them in a 5 unit lot from a china supplier at $5 for the lot.

Could you please share the name/URL of the supplier you use, please ?

Sure,

I just ordered to restock my supply:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PCS-NEW-CP2102-USB-2-0-to-UART-TTL-6PIN-Module-Serial-Converter-Free-Cables-GM/262136735143?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D782c6d9e9b6347849be5bcf90bc3e659%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D271855289144

But simply put

USB TTL

Into your ebay search and you will find plenty of these.  Choose what best fits your sourcing, quantity, delivery schedule, style.

All my arm boards have one permanently installed for console access.  I only need 3 wires:  TX, RX, GRD.

This is why I am upset with the pcDuino Nano Lite in that I cannot get one working on it.  I am actually going to rate this board as a "don't buy" for a server platform becuase of it.  I look at this as a much better way to manage a lot of servers than a KVM box that I use to use with my Intel servers.

Yes I can and do use SSH a lot, but there are times when things are not working that you want that physical connection.

I also use screen in an SSH session to run a big command, so if I loose my SSH session, I don't have the command prematurely ended. REALLY worth doing on a remote 'yum update'!

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