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

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...

You need a Swiss Army knife of serial communications? Ollie is a compact isolated USB adaptor that provides USB, CAN bus, and two UARTs at logic, RS-232, and RS-485 signaling levels, as well as an ...

Designing an application with universal serial bus (USB) communications enables a system to be able to communicate with a wide variety of USB host devices and provides a convenient power option ...

A flurry of new embedded interface devices from SMSC covers a range of connectivity interfaces, from the LAN9118 10/100 Non-PCI Ethernet Controller to the serial/parallel interface SIO 1000 Controller ...

On the USB-connected systems, I get a lot of 'vetoed power requests' and such and it is not uncommon to get the 'lost communication' messages either. The USB is just tricky. Go with serial if you can ...