Learn what a USB to Serial adapter is used for, when you might need one, and whether installing a driver is required for it ...
The circuit is aimed to provide a method for receiving serial data on one pin and transmitting serial data on another with a modulation at the infrared detectors band pass frequency. A tiny 8-pin ...
You probably remember serial ports as the ancient nine-pin plugs you once used to hook up your mouse or joystick to your computer in the pre-USB dark ages. But tracking down devices that still use ...
[Felipe Navarro] wanted to add a few serial ports to his computer, but couldn’t find an adapter that suited his needs. So, he built his own. His Quad Serial device is a nicely designed converter that ...
What is a serial port? Serial ports are generally built into the motherboard. This is why the connectors behind the casing that are connected to the motherboard by a wire cable can be used to connect ...
The simple method described here evaluates a one-wire device that uses pulse-width-encoded communications from a PC serial port. Communications errors such as parity and acknowledge are monitored. The ...
The early 2000s laptop port explosion was never sustainable ...
The back of your PC is a rich source of connectivity. Ports and connectors exist for just about any device you can find, though some may be more obscure than others. In today’s USB-centric PC, it’s ...
Targeting serial-intensive applications, the SIO-104+8.485 eight-port PC/104 RS-485 module conforms to PC/104 specifications and includes UARTs with 128-byte FIFOs for communication speeds up to 921.6 ...