Two serial ports

graham999au:
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Plan B:

Bypass Arduino. Run everything at Linux side.

AR9331 (Yun) one UART
AR9341 One low-speed UART (115 Kbps), one highspeed UART (3 Mbps)
AR9344 One low-speed UART (115 Kbps), one highspeed UART (3 Mbps)
QCA9558 One low-speed UART (115 Kbps), one highspeed UART (3 Mbps)
MT7628 two UART
MT7688 three UART