How to use Pre R3 boards with yun shield

Official Hardware Retired Yún Shield
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EDIT: Read this link Dropbox - File Deleted - Simplify your life

I'm happy to see the Arduino yun shield is out. I have 2 of them now and I'm ready to play.
I have 2 questions however about using the yun shield with the mega.

  1. do I need a mega revision 3? The one with the extra headers?
  2. I feel this topic is not very clear. https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoYunShield#toc10 It is dubious wether it is needed only for the uno
    I assume I need to bridge the pins to disable the usb to tty functionality.

Best regards
Jantje

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hello,

  1. with R3 boards the shield is plug and play. for non R3 boards I have make small doc with some clarifications.
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/cit5zvuqh074k0o/Yun%20shield%20on%20non%20R3%20boards.docx?dl=0

  2. it is needed for Uno, Mega and Duemilanove (all boards with 1 seria port)

have fun with the shields
Marco

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Thanks for the feedback.
The document of yours explains the problem and the solution very well Dropbox - File Deleted - Simplify your life
This is exactly what I expected. I like the quick and dirty fix :slight_smile:

As to bridging the pins to disable the usb to tty functionality.
As I'm trying to get things to work I tried with and without the bridging. I saw no difference.
Can someone explain when I should see a difference?

Best regards
Jantje