PineNote Development/UART

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This page contains information on creating and using a UART dongle for the PineNote. The PineNote was shipped with a compatible UART dongle, but replacements are not available to order in case of loss or hardware fault. Thankfully it is not difficult to make your own from easily-acquired components.

A PineNote UART dongle enables you to:

  1. Interact with the system boot menu
  2. Read system events in real time as the PineNote is used
  3. Fix the PineNote without opening the case if something goes wrong while flashing it

Since the PineNote is an embedded system, interfacing with it during boot is more complicated than with an ordinary computer. The UART dongle enables you to do this.

Creating your own UART dongle

Using the UART dongle

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