I was able to connect my Mini using Keyspan 19HS USB to RS232 adapter using the following configuration:
RX to ND pin1, TX to ND pin2, GND to ND pin 4, 5V to ND pin 12, and GND to ND pin 13.
Updated bootloader and flashed to 4.2 using SAM-BA 2.12.
But I am not able to connect to mini via PuTTY. It just sits at the blank screen and does not respond to Esc key.
(115200, 8 data bits, 1 stop bits, no parity, no flow control)
Trying to deploy using VS 2015 shows this error:
Opening port \\.\COM3
Port \\.\COM3 not found!
I've restarted the device a few times, and get same results.
MFDeploy can connect to device using Serial and shows device capabilities and device info:
HalSystemInfo.halVersion: 4.2.0.0
HalSystemInfo.halVendorInfo: Netduino Mini (v4.2.0.1) by Secret Labs LLC
HalSystemInfo.oemCode: 34
HalSystemInfo.modelCode: 177
HalSystemInfo.skuCode: 4098
HalSystemInfo.moduleSerialNumber: 00000000000000000000000000000000
HalSystemInfo.systemSerialNumber: 0000000000000000
ClrInfo.clrVersion: 4.2.0.0
ClrInfo.clrVendorInfo: Netduino Mini (v4.2.0.1) by Secret Labs LLC
ClrInfo.targetFrameworkVersion: 4.2.0.0
SolutionReleaseInfo.solutionVersion: 4.2.0.0
SolutionReleaseInfo.solutionVendorInfo: Netduino Mini (v4.2.0.1) by Secret Labs LLC
SoftwareVersion.BuildDate: Sep 19 2012
SoftwareVersion.CompilerVersion: 410894
FloatingPoint: True
SourceLevelDebugging: True
ThreadCreateEx: True
LCD.Width: 0
LCD.Height: 0
LCD.BitsPerPixel: 0
AppDomains: True
ExceptionFilters: True
IncrementalDeployment: True
SoftReboot: True
Profiling: False
ProfilingAllocations: False
ProfilingCalls: False
IsUnknown: False
DeviceInfo:
HAL build info: 4.2.0.0, Netduino Mini (v4.2.0.1) by Secret Labs LLC
OEM Product codes (vendor, model, SKU): 34, 177, 4098
Serial Numbers (module, system):
00000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000
Solution Build Info: 4.2.0.0, Netduino Mini (v4.2.0.1) by Secret Labs LLC
AppDomains:
default, id=1
Assemblies:
mscorlib,4.2.0.0
Microsoft.SPOT.Native,4.2.0.0
Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware,4.2.0.0
Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.SerialPort,4.2.0.0
Microsoft.SPOT.IO,4.2.0.0
System.IO,4.2.0.0
Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.PWM,4.2.0.1
SecretLabs.NETMF.Diagnostics,4.2.0.0
SecretLabs.NETMF.IO,4.2.0.0
I feel that I am getting close but not sure what else I am missing :-). Any ideas on how to proceed from this point?