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 ...

We still have lots of things that have serial interfaces on them, switches, mangement modules, etc. But we're all out of things that have serial ports. Even the servers who's management modules have a ...

Saelig rolled out the USB-232-K and USB-485-K, isolated USB to serial converter cables that are ideal for computers which do not have a serial port, or where an extra serial port is required. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

In my line of work I use serial on a near daily basis. Currently, I have 3 different USB>Serial cables; an IO Gear GUC232A, a Cables to Go (Prolific PL2302 chipset) and a older Radio Shack cable (with ...

The UTS-402CK is designed for PCs, thin clients, or servers to provide instant COM port expansion via the Universal Serial Bus (USB). More importantly, the UTS-402CK supports a screw lock feature for ...

Antaira Technologies is a leading developer of Industrial Networking and Device connectivity solutions for harsh environment applications and is proud to be expanding its Serial product family with a ...

It turns out that hacking together a security keypad is remarkably simple if you know what you’re doing. [Don] needed to add a keypad with an RFID reader on it. He had previously built a USB RFID ...