For folks using the Adafruit USB to TTL serial cable (http://www.adafruit.com/products/954), connect the following wires to the UART header, starting from the outside edge of the board.
black --> GND
green --> RX
white --> TX
Please note that the red wire should never be used as it draws 5V directly from the USB port.
I highly recommend that folks monitor the temperature of the Zynq chip, at least initially, especially those who are encountering stability issues. This way, the user can see how variables such as ambient temperature, different heatsinks and/or fans, enclosures, and system load affect temperature. The follow two methods can be used to monitor temperature of the Zynq chip.
https://github.com/parallella/parallell ... ster/xtemp
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