# Enabling UART on Odroid N2

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [22 July 2022 09:22 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754 "2022-07-22T09:22:13Z")
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### Author: ![obberer](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bb73d2/32.png) [@obberer](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/obberer)
#### Post date: [22 July 2022 09:22 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/1 "2022-07-22T09:22:13Z")

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I couldn’t find any information how to enable UartA and UARTB (ttyS1 and ttyS2) on Odroid N2 image. I tried enable them via dietpi-config options but still no lucks. Any veterans inputs here would be appreciated.

dietpi@DietPi:~$ ls -al /dev/ttyS?  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS0  
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 65 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS1  
crw–w---- 1 root tty 4, 66 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS2  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 67 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS3  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 68 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS4  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 69 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS5  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 70 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS6  
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 71 Jul 22 09:56 /dev/ttyS7  
dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo stty -F /dev/ttyS1 115200  
stty: /dev/ttyS1: Input/output error  
dietpi@DietPi:~$ sudo stty -F /dev/ttyS2 115200  
stty: /dev/ttyS2: Input/output error

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### Author: ![usual-user](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/3be4f8/32.png) [@usual-user](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/usual-user)
#### Post date: [23 July 2022 08:18 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/2 "2022-07-23T08:18:16Z")

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If properly wired up in devicetree it is working for me as expected, but UartA and UartB are exposed as /dev/ttyAML1 and /dev/ttyAML2.

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### Author: ![obberer](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/bb73d2/32.png) [@obberer](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/obberer)
#### Post date: [24 July 2022 03:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/3 "2022-07-24T03:09:46Z")

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Thanks for the hope. I tried to wire it but still no luck.  
Would you mind sharing how you wired them? I appreciate your input.

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### Author: ![usual-user](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/3be4f8/32.png) [@usual-user](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/usual-user)
#### Post date: [24 July 2022 07:48 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/4 "2022-07-24T07:48:42Z")

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Because I build my own kernels and don’t know what dietpi-config does for uart support, I wrote this dtso and applied it staticly for my investigating:

> // SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)  
> /dts-v1/;  
> /plugin/;
> 
> / {  
> \<------\>compatible = “hardkernel,odroid-n2-plus”;  
> };
> 
> &{/aliases} { // &aliases  
> \<------\>serial1 = “/soc/bus@ffd00000/serial@24000”; // &uart\_A;  
> };
> 
> &{/soc/bus@ff600000/bus@34400/pinctrl@40} { // &periphs\_pinctrl  
> \<------\>uart\_a\_pins: uart-a {  
> \<------\>};  
> };
> 
> &{/soc/bus@ffd00000/serial@24000} { // &uart\_A  
> \<------\>status = “okay”;  
> \<------\>pinctrl-0 = \<&uart\_a\_pins\>;  
> \<------\>pinctrl-names = “default”;  
> };

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### Author: ![alda](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@alda](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/alda)
#### Post date: [29 March 2023 16:33 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/5 "2023-03-29T16:33:18Z")

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Hello,  
I have a problem that ttyAML1 isn’t in the dietpi-config.  
How to enable ?

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [29 March 2023 16:44 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/6 "2023-03-29T16:44:55Z")

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@MichaIng could you have a look pls. thx

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### Author: ![MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/michaing/32/7_2.png) [@MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/MichaIng)
#### Post date: [29 March 2023 19:28 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/enabling-uart-on-odroid-n2/13754/7 "2023-03-29T19:28:51Z")

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I answered here: [DietPi + Odroid n2+ UART not working - how to enable? - #7 by MichaIng](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-odroid-n2-uart-not-working-how-to-enable/16419/7)
