The simulation of a serial port in software in order to allow USB, Ethernet or some other input/output port to take its place. Virtual serial ports are necessary to enable an application that was ...

Learn what a USB to Serial adapter is used for, when you might need one, and whether installing a driver is required for it ...

The back of your PC is a rich source of connectivity. Ports and connectors exist for just about any device you can find, though some may be more obscure than others. In today’s USB-centric PC, it’s ...

[Felipe Navarro] wanted to add a few serial ports to his computer, but couldn’t find an adapter that suited his needs. So, he built his own. His Quad Serial device is a nicely designed converter that ...

The circuit shown in Figure 1 provides a simple, low-power means of digitizing analog signals and sending the data directly to a PC's serial port where it can easily be read, analyzed, and stored. The ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

Mountain View, Calif—Board supplier Diamond Systems Corp. now offers its Emerald-MM-8P, a stackable PC/104 serial-port module. The Emerald-MM-8P gives you eight multi-protocol serial ports on the ...

The early 2000s laptop port explosion was never sustainable ...

Arlington, Texas—Board maker WinSystems introduces its PCM-COM8-G, a RoHS-compliant (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) 8-channel PC/104 asynchronous ...

I think this is the right forum..<BR><BR>I work at a very small custom (industrial) computer company. My experience is C++ programming, however being such a small company I get to work on a variety of ...

Targeting serial-intensive applications, the SIO-104+8.485 eight-port PC/104 RS-485 module conforms to PC/104 specifications and includes UARTs with 128-byte FIFOs for communication speeds up to 921.6 ...