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  • Filip Slezak 0F Filip Slezak 0

    @Eric-Katzfey Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately, I don't see how that could work for us, we already have the m0078 on there and the J2 goes to the wifi dongle, what am I missing in what you're suggesting?

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    @Filip-Slezak-0 The board I am suggesting has USB and UART.

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    • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

      @Filip-Slezak-0 The board I am suggesting has USB and UART.

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      @Eric-Katzfey So you're thinking switch out the boards, use the UART for the wifi dongle and communicate over USB with the microcontroller?

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      • Filip Slezak 0F Filip Slezak 0

        @Eric-Katzfey So you're thinking switch out the boards, use the UART for the wifi dongle and communicate over USB with the microcontroller?

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        @Filip-Slezak-0 No, keep using USB for the WiFi dongle and use the UART to communicate with the Teensy.

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        • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

          @Filip-Slezak-0 No, keep using USB for the WiFi dongle and use the UART to communicate with the Teensy.

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          @Eric-Katzfey Got it, this is getting clearer. Is it safe to use the Teensy's 3.3V pins? According to this, the Voxl2 comm pins are at 1.8V even though its GPIOs are at 3.3V https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#devttyhs1---b2b-connector-uart

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            @Eric-Katzfey Got it, this is getting clearer. Is it safe to use the Teensy's 3.3V pins? According to this, the Voxl2 comm pins are at 1.8V even though its GPIOs are at 3.3V https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#devttyhs1---b2b-connector-uart

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            @Filip-Slezak-0 Yes, should be fine. We use that UART to connect with our external flight core boards that have 3.3V rx / tx.

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            • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

              @Filip-Slezak-0 Yes, should be fine. We use that UART to connect with our external flight core boards that have 3.3V rx / tx.

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              @Eric-Katzfey Thanks Eric, got it working easily after that using a classic pyserial script. Great help!

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                @Eric-Katzfey Hi again, can we expose another UART port for programming on the Voxl2?

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                • Filip Slezak 0F Filip Slezak 0

                  @Eric-Katzfey Hi again, can we expose another UART port for programming on the Voxl2?

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                  @Filip-Slezak-0 Thinking about ttyHS2 or ttyHS3 maybe shown here https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#uarts

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                  • Filip Slezak 0F Filip Slezak 0

                    @Filip-Slezak-0 Thinking about ttyHS2 or ttyHS3 maybe shown here https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#uarts

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                    @Filip-Slezak-0 please see here: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#apps-proc, we have ttySH2/ttyHS3 routed to the B2B connectors, but you need a carrier board to pick them up...

                    For example, ttyHS2 goes to our M0090 - 5G Add-On Board J9 Pins 2/3 (Tx/Rx)

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                      @Filip-Slezak-0 please see here: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-linux-user-guide/#apps-proc, we have ttySH2/ttyHS3 routed to the B2B connectors, but you need a carrier board to pick them up...

                      For example, ttyHS2 goes to our M0090 - 5G Add-On Board J9 Pins 2/3 (Tx/Rx)

                      9f1f7f3b-71fb-44c2-a032-f2bd1acb538a-image.png

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                      @modaltb Hey, thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, none of these work for us since it seems exposing one port prevents us from accessing another (I also can't find a ref to buy the M0130).

                      We found a workaround by having a USB hub on the m0125 instead of going over the native uart.

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