@Werner Connected to UART and running sudo dmesg returns
[ 5936.103740] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[ 5936.283946] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=10c4, idProduct=ea60, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 5936.283951] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5936.283954] usb 1-1: Product: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller
[ 5936.283956] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Silicon Labs
[ 5936.283958] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0001
[ 5936.293074] cp210x 1-1:1.0: cp210x converter detected
[ 5936.296064] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0
connecting usb to uart cables to pin 6 for GND, 8 for TX, 10 for RX - https://wiki.friendlyelec.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_NEO3
now running sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
Also tried with baud rate 1500000
no output in screen, just a flashing cursor
also tried powering down the SBC, reconnecting, etc.
the img im using is https://www.armbian.com/nanopineo3/ - Armbian Bookworm - Armbian_community_24.2.0-trunk.449_Nanopineo3_bookworm_current_6.6.13
What do you recommend?
These friendlyElec boards are a great stress, I never had this much problems with other boards such as raspberry Pi.
3 days wasted trying to connect... not a single bit of progress made, numerous distros copied to sd card, nothing works.