[MinnowBoard] New minnow board max and no video and no console - broken ?

[John Roach]

We found that non-powered Micro-HDMI to VGA converters don't work with
the MinnowBoardMax at all.  Some have reported success with powered
ones.  I recommend getting a Micro-HDMI to DVI cable.  To connect via
serial I use putty (on Windows) with a speed of 115200 and it works
fine.  Which lights are flashing on the FTDI board, and when do they
flash?  Are you sure you have the FTDI board plugged in correctly.
The ground pin is the far right pin on the MinnowBoardMax header.
Cheers,
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John Roach
MinLog Australia
Tel +61 (2) 49687102
john.roach at minlog.com.au


On 17 February 2015 at 02:40, Jan Willies <jan at willies.info> wrote:
> 2015-02-16 16:10 GMT+01:00 nb <nb at dagami.org>:
>>
>> >> I’ve also bought a small ftid to usb board to boot on serial console if
>> >> display don’t work.
>> >> I’ve tried this with a linux box using serial. I use kermit on a Mac,
>> >> and all was ok.
>> >> I tried it on the serial connector, but nothing happens. I’ve tried
>> >> different speeds 19200 bps, 115200, 56700 but no success.
>> >> I see leds blinking (on ftdi board) at boot time, and when typing on
>> >> the Mac keyboard but no text is displayed.
>> >>
>> >> Isn’t the minnowboard broken?
>> >> I really don’t understand.
>
>
> For the Minnowboard, HDMI is giving out more (and earlier) information than
> serial, at least that's what I read.
>
> But you are not alone, I'm having the same problem. At least half the time
> the board won't boot with no indication why. There's simply no output, so
> very hard to debug.
>
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