title: Serial port on Raspberry Pi 3 with .Net Core
body: <p>I am trying to use the onboard UART on a Raspberry Pi 3 on Windows 10 IoT with .Net Core 2.0.</p>
  
  <p>I referenced the System.IO.Ports (4.5.0-preview1-25914-04) NuGet package in a .NET Core 2.0 Console app but the System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames() function gives me only a strange name (ďżżďżżăŞč˝¨ě¬č»­  ă¤€č…žă¨č˝¨ĺ«č…łéŞ€čş„  ă¨¸č˝¨ç»č…łă¨ č˝¨ęŞ­č…‡    ě¬č»­  ě¬¨č»­ě‡č…˘ă¨¸č˝¨ŕ«č…Źă¨‚é„»  á¬€č…ž ă¨‚é„»  ă¨‚é„»  ă©č˝¨ëŞ­č…Śă©¨č˝¨ëŻ»č…Ś      ď•âź¸ě€¤ ă«€č˝¨éť»č…Š  ăŞč˝¨ă­č…žĺ€€ăĽˇ       ŕ§ŕ¦śŕ¦śŕ¦€ŕ¦śŕ¦€  á€€é„®   " ë€´é‹ľâ– &amp;ă¬č˝¨ç–é‹ľá€€é„®) that I cannot use.</p>
  
  <p>If I plug in an USB serial converter I get an other port but its name is empty.</p>
  
  <p>The Desktop version works perfectly.</p>
  
  <p>I can use the serial port in a UWP app.</p>
  
  <p>Is there anybody how can use Serial port from .NET Core 2.0 on RPi3?</p>