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Arduboy to Raspberry Pi USB Serial Connection

Connect Arduboy (Ardutosh) to Raspberry Pi via USB Serial Connection

  1. Burn Raspian OS image to Raspberry Pi
  2. Update the config.txt by adding enable_uart=1 to the end of the file
  3. Boot up the Raspberry Pi, login and enable agetty on the Arduboy Serial Port
$ sudo systemctl enable [email protected]
  1. Then start the service immediately
$ sudo systemctl start [email protected]

This will make the Pi automatically show a Linux login prompt on the Arduboy when it’s connected.

  1. Open up the terminal app in Ardutosh and connect the USB from the Arduboy to the Pi and the login prompt show display!
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