This converter may help if just the serial port on a personal computer is free, whereas the printer needs a parallel (Centronics) port. It converts a serial 2400 baud signal into a parallel signal.

Since most of us are long past the days of hardware serial ports, the USB to serial adapter has become a mainstay on the hacker’s tool belt. While they’re cheap and convenient, USB to serial adapters ...

One of the most useful tools in the hardware hackers toolbox is a USB to serial adapter. With this, you can flash new firmware to routers, and ply the vast binary seas of embedded hardware. The common ...

Since the Serial Port Adapter has the TCP/IP and software drivers embedded, it also offers a seamless connection of a device to an existing 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wireless LAN network. The OWS451 Wireless LAN ...

Since the introduction of the USB protocol, you don't see many serial devices anymore. For that reason, most manufacturers no longer include a serial port on desktop or laptop computers. Therefore, if ...

A device that adds a serial port to a computer. It plugs into the USB port and contains one or more serial port sockets. See serial port. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

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 ...

Hi all,<BR><BR>I've bought a USB to Serial adapter cable for use with my IBM thinkpad running Windows 2000 SP4. Unfortunately, i seem to be having lots of trouble with it.<BR><BR>I've downloaded the ...

Developers, hobbyists and electronic enthusiasts searching for a optically isolated USB to Serial adapter may be interested in a new piece of open source hardware called the ZeptoBit Isolated USB-UART ...

After connecting a device with a serial port with the computer via the Prolific PL2303 cable, some users have received the following error message: Please install the ...