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

[nb]

Thank you John.

Since then I have bought a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable, and now it works.
So it’s really the micro-HDMI to VGA adapter that doesn’t work.

About the console problem, I’ve found that TXD and RXD were inverted...

I’m now fighting with Debian installer which is searching a CD reader. But that’s an other story.

Thanks all for your help. And I hope these informations will help others as minnowboard max is being more and more used.

Regards

nb


> Le 16 févr. 2015 à 23:40, John Roach <john.roach at minlog.com.au> a écrit :
> 
> 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,
> ------------------------
> 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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