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.

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 ...

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 ...

I've got a USB mouse (MS) that came with a USB to PS/2 converter. It works fine hooked up to a PS/2 port. I run it through a KVM switch that is PS/2 and not USB so this is necessary. One of the boxen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...