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 ...

This RS232-to-USB conversion module is known as U232 which can be used for replacement of PCB mount DB-9 and DB-25 connectors. An existing RS232 serial port on legacy products can be offered with a ...

When did you last buy a mouse? Did it have a little adapter in the box? There was a time when if you bought a USB mouse, in the box was also an adapter to allow it to be used with the older PS/2 ...

A socket that connects to a serial interface (one bit following another over one line). Serial ports are widely used by sensors for data acquisition, and they were standard on early computers for ...

The need arose for a programmable control system that handles 8-bit data to have both RS-232 and RS-485 modes. This requirement was satisfied with a serial communication controller-transceiver, an ...

The 3101/3201 interface cards allow easy addition of one or two RS-232 ports to any PDA, handheld PC, or laptop that supports CompactFlash I/O devices. The 3101 card provides one RS-232 serial port ...

I have a Dell Latitude D600 that has a blown serial port. Due to a grounding issue with a microcontroller, 120V went through the port. <BR><BR>I am guessing that the port is built into the motherboard ...

Before 2000, desktop printers for business had one of two interfaces: serial and parallel. The type of interface dictated the type of cable you used to connect the printer to the PC and how fast the ...

With Linux and the serial port there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Linux has great support for serial hardware of all sorts and a host of tools for accessing the serial ...