Early PCs and other computers had serial ports, sometimes as their main interfaces for peripherals. Serial ports still survive, but these days they are more likely to have a USB connection into the ...

The device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...

While DSLR prices are dropping, the prices for accessories are not, so the folks over at Make have come up with a way to make a cable release and serial-port cable out of electronics you might already ...

Over the last two weeks I published an article reference the USB to serial converter see Project Usb to serial converter http://edn.com/project/mark_harrington/usb-to ...

Dozens of serial data interfaces are used today. Most have been developed for specific applications. A few have become universal, such as I 2 C, CAN, LIN, SPI, Flex, MOST, and I 2 S. Then there’s ...

I know, RS-232 is not gone completely but in most things it has disappeared. Recently I bought a new laptop to use in my ham shack. I have several older accessories that use RS-232 and I had hoped to ...

These new cables from the FTDI-approved module/cabling subcontractor facilitate the interconnection of modern electronics hardware with legacy equipment and peripherals. Covering USB-to-RS232, ...

I hosed my RT314 and I need to perform some maintenance via the serial interface. However, none of the cables at Fry's matched with the connector and there isn't a store in the Valley that is staffed ...