No serial output, no video out

[GrahameBowland]

Hi everyone

I received my development board a couple of weeks ago and haven't managed to get it working.

The board came with a SD card rather than MicroSD. I've installed that, I've connected a VGA cable, keyboard to upper USB port, and I've connected a serial cable to the serial interface. When I press the power button I see a series of four blue and three green lights come on, but nothing on the serial port.

I'm using a straight-through cable to the port on my PC (it's a USB serial dongle, tested with a loopback connector and it works.) I'm using 115200, 8N1 as specified. I've tried a null modem connector with no luck.

Anyone got any suggestions, or is it just faulty? The board is labelled SCH-26565 REV D / 700-26565 REV E on the USB/ethernet post.

Thanks!

Grahame

[GrahameBowland]

Thanks so much, I hadn't realised it was an adaptor!

Cheers

Grahame

[Claude_Sylvain]

To be more precise, the J5 SD Card slot is not the SD Card slot selected for booting.

Once, the i.MX53 Quick Start Board is running, the J5 SD Card Slot can be used.

Claude

[Claude_Sylvain]

Hello Grahame,

I think your problem is that you insert the SD card in the wrong slot.

J5 SD Card slot do not work by default, on the i.MX53 Quick Start Board.

You must retrieve the little Micro SD Card from the SD Card adapter, and insert it in J4 Micro SD Card slot.

Regards,

Claude