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Python Programming with Raspberry Pi
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Python Programming with Raspberry Pi

by Srihari Yamanoor, Sai Yamanoor
April 2017
Beginner to intermediate
312 pages
7h 23m
English
Packt Publishing
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Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero serial port

In order to use the serial port to talk to sensors, the serial port login/console needs to be disabled. In the Raspbian OS image, this is enabled by default as it enables easy debugging.

The serial port login can be disabled via raspi-config:

  1. Launch the terminal and run this command:
       sudo raspi-config
  1. Select Advanced Options from the main menu of raspi-config:
Select Advanced Options from the raspi-config menu
  1. Select the A8 Serial option from the drop-down menu:
Select A8 Serial from the ...
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