Check whether the RPi OS can be successfully compiled and connected from Mac OS and Windows

[s-matyukevich]

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[bl4ckout31]

I got Lesson01 working on Windows 10 Pro Version 1803 with a Prolific USB to TTL serial cable and PuTTY. The following environements worked for compiling:

• Docker for Windows
• Docker Toolbox
• Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu)

[s-matyukevich]

Perfect, thanks @bl4ckout31 !

[evopen]

I'm currently using macOS 10.13.5. Latest Prolific driver is working fine on macOS. Compiler thing will work if one uses Docker environment.

But there is a shitty thing I must say. When I use screen for reading data via uart, like screen /dev/cu.usbserial 115200. Note that there is a device file which will only present while the cable is connected. Meaning I have to plug in the cable and execute screen command immediately to see the result. Otherwise those characters will just slip away.

[s-matyukevich]

@evopen it works in the same way on Linux too. I'll mention this in the Prerequisites and then close this issue.

[xesco]

This is a good observation as I was having the same problem: I could not see the "hello world" and I was trying to figure out what went wrong.

[bl4ckout31]

My workaround for this is to power the RPi with a micro-usb cable (which is the recommended way anyway) so I can keep the serial cable plugged in all the time and use the same screen instance for entire sessions.

[s-matyukevich]

I updated prerequisites and added a link to this issue there. Closing the issue now.