Beagleboard:BeagleBone Black Serial

Serial Port Settings
The default serial port settings for the board are:

Baud   115,200 Bits      8 Parity    N Stop Bits 1 Handshake None

Standard FTDI Cable
The debug cable is a standard FTDI to TTL cable. Make sure you get the 3.3V version. You can purchase this from several different sources including but not limited to:


 * DigiKey
 * Newark
 * Sparkfun
 * FTDI
 * Adafruit



Pin 1 on the cable is the black wire and connects to pin 1 on the board, the pin with the white dot next to it.

Adafruit 4 Pin Cable (CP2102)
One is from *Adafruit. Originally this is a Prolific chipset based cable, as of Dec. 21, 2016 we will be shipping cables with SiLabs CP2012 chipset instead of Prolific.



NOTE:

You will also find an extra RED wire on this cable that supplies 5V @ 500mA which could power the board if connected to one of the VDD_5V pins (P9_05, P9_06). Just leave it unconnected.

FTDI 3 Pin Cable
You can purchase the another version direct from *FTDI This cable only has three wires for connection. You can find the datasheet and a picture at *Cable

Olimex 3 Pin Cable (PL2303) (Discontinued)
A third version is sold by *Olimex

Friction-fit, low-profile open hardware design

 * Tindie order page (Retired)
 * Source