[U-Boot] Veyron-speedy u-boot

[Simon Glass]

Hi Tomeu,

On 17 February 2017 at 03:36, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net> wrote:
> On 17 February 2017 at 10:18, Riley Baird <riley at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>> Hi Tomeu and Simon,
>>
>> Thanks for giving me pointers on how the system works and how to get
>> u-boot onto it. I'll try and get it working over the next couple of
>> days.
>>
>> I'm very glad that it's possible to chainload and the output comes out
>> on the laptop screen, because I got a spreadsheet to work out how much
>> it would cost to build a servo, and it was much more expensive than I
>> thought! :)
>
> Depending on what you plan to do with the machine, serial output can
> be very handy, specially if you want to run automated tests to
> validate whatever you end up doing with it.
>
> Simon will know more about this, but I thought that the CPU UART lines
> are separate in the flex cable, so you may be able to find pads in the
> board that you can solder to.

Yes there are on separate lines (the servo connector) but it is a bit
tricky to solder onto. You need a special connector which is cheap,
but fine-pitched.

>
> Regards,
>
> Tomeu
>
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Riley

Regards,
Simon