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Thanks Igorp. Now, if I understand it correctly, do I just connect the Nano Pi with a microUSB-USB cable to my Mac? (I suppose it should give it enough horsepower to boot up). Once it's up, how do I access it? Previously I was using the USB/TTL cable mentioned above which exposes a /dev/cu.usbserial...
I have a NanoPi Neo Air (Allwinner H3 SoC) with onboard wifi and a serial interface. Unfortunately during some late hour hacking I managed to accidentally connect 5V onto its TX pin, I think effectively screwing up its UART0. I can no longer connect to it via a USB to TTL Serial cable (https://www.a...