ZERO SOM/ZERO Evaluation Kit/Interfaces and Connectors/Console

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2026/01/07 First documentation release



Console interface[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

The Console interface is available on the Evaluation Kit at the connector J7.

J7 is a micro USB connector for the two-wires SCI0 port used for debug purposes (bootloader and operating system serial console).


Console connector

Signals[edit | edit source]

The interface signals related to the J7 connector are the standard USB signals available in a micro USB type AB connector.

Device mapping[edit | edit source]

SCI0 is mapped to /dev/ttySC0 device in Linux. The peripheral is used as the default serial console, both for the bootloader and the kernel.

Device usage[edit | edit source]

To connect to the debug serial port:

  1. power the Evaluation Kit on: see the DESK-RZ-L-1.0.0 Known limitations
  2. connect the micro USB side of the provided USB cable to the J7 connector on the EB23 carrier board
  3. start your favorite terminal emulator software on PC (eg: PuTTY); communication parameters are: 115200,N,8,1
  4. reset the EVK for receiving the power-on boot messages