Raspberry Pi Pinout
Arcade Bonnet
MotoZero
XBee Shield
Score:ZeroBCM 14 (UART Transmit)
| Alt0 | Alt1 | Alt2 | Alt3 | Alt4 | Alt5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UART0 TXD | SMI SD6 | DSI D10 | AVEOUT VID10 | AVEIN VID10 | UART1 TXD |
- Physical pin 8
- BCM pin 14
- Wiring Pi pin 15
This pin doubles up as the UART transmit pin, TXD. It's also commonly known as "Serial" and, by default, will output a Console from your Pi that, with a suitable Serial cable, you can use to control your Pi via the command-line.
Thus, The UART pins are useful for setting up a "headless" Pi (a Pi without a screen) and getting it connected to a network.
UART can also be extremely useful if you want to talk to Arduino or Propeller boards from your Pi, but you must make sure you disable the Serial Console in raspi-config first.
