In “The serial port: it won’t go away,” I mentioned how engineers continue to use the serial port (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485), even though it’s not available on most new PCs. I also posted comments on ...

We’re always excited to get a new chip or SIM card to interface, but our enthusiasm is often dampened by the prototyping process. Interfacing any chip usually means breadboarding a circuit, writing ...

The operation and description of the UART serial interface through USB is discussed in this application note. In addition, the firmware application code in C language, containing communication ...

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 equipment, the ...

Serial buses dot the landscape of embedded design. From displays to storage to peripherals, serial interfaces make communications possible. Many serial communication interfaces compete for use in ...

Before 2000, desktop printers for business had one of two interfaces: serial and parallel. The type of interface dictated the type of cable you used to connect the printer to the PC and how fast the ...

???<BR><BR>I have a propriatery RS232 device that I need to connect to a computer that has no serial ports (newer laptop). The hardware has a dongle incorporated into the cable to unlock the software ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Practically every electronic product made today uses one or more serial data interfaces. A serial interface is the ...

Sending and receiving data over a given distance has grown from a passion in humans to a necessity. In 1810, a German man created a system for sending encoded messages via air bubbles. He crafted a ...