Do you need to add USB support to a product that includes a serial port and a DB-9 or DB-25 connector? Well, you could redesign the pc board and add a USB chip and connector, or you could simply ...

There is a gotcha lurking in wait for hackers who look at a piece of equipment, see a port labeled “Serial / RS-232”, and start to get ideas. The issue is the fact that the older the eq… ...

Serial-port header: This connector isn’t physically present on the board shown–you can just ... RS-232 serial port, ... IDE connector: Rarely found today, IDE connectors were used to link to ...

The serial port is most commonly RS232, which is a standard that dates back to the 1960s. Although RS232 is the most widely used, these adapters can also feature RS485 or RS422 serial interfaces.

The DB25 (originally DE-25) connector is an analog 25-pin plug of the D-Subminiature connector family (D-Sub or Sub-D). The DB25 connector is mainly used for serial connections, allowing for ...

[Mike Lu] likes to add serial ports to his routers to use for debugging but he didn’t want to drill holes in his new RT-N12. After a bit of head-scratching he thought about repurposing the fo… ...

A serial port on a PC is a male 9-pin connector (DE-9 D-sub). Early PCs had two 9-pin connectors or one 9-pin and one 25-pin (DB-25). On a PC, serial ports are called "COM ports," identified as ...

That's why laptops with a true RS232 serial port are at a premium for certain applications.<BR><BR>There are *some* USB-Serial bridges that are better than others.

Adding to the vendor’s SeaLink USB serial-product line, the SeaLink+I.DIN and the SeaLink+2I.DIN locking USB connectors provide one or two RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 serial ports. Features include ...

The serial port is most commonly RS232, which is a standard that dates back to the 1960s. Although RS232 is the most widely used, these adapters can also feature RS485 or RS422 serial interfaces.