Connector; Board Operation; Getting Started - Ide - Pro Arduino ASX00031 Product Reference Manual

Arduino® Portenta Breakout Board
3.3 RJ-45 Connector
The RJ-45 Connector allows to plug-in an ethernet cable and connect to your network.
By default it is compatible with the Arduino Portenta H7 as the jumper pads are joint with copper.
To allow compatibility with the Arduino Portenta X8 it is needed to cut 2 jumper-pads, located on top of the to
the RJ-45 Connector, below the SD holder, on the left side of the Carrier as show in the following picture.
Ethernet Jumper pads

4 Board Operation

Note: This board is intended to operate together with Portenta H7 (see section 1.4 Solution Overview).

4.1 Getting Started - IDE

If you want to program your Portenta H7 with the Breakout Board while offline you need to install the Arduino
Desktop IDE [1]. To connect your Portenta H7 with the Portenta Breakout Board to your computer, you will need a
Type-C USB cable. This also provides power to both the Portenta H7 as well as the Portenta Breakout Board.
Alternatively, in order to provide power to the USB connectors and the 5V pins, a 5V source must be applied to J8.
This will also provide power to the Portenta H7.
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