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

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 s… ...

Serial ATA hard drive owners now no longer actually need a Serial ATA compatible computer to use their drives. Novac has introduced the “SATA HDD Connect Kit USB,” a cable for connecting naked ...

We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter. Probably several of them, in fact. But that doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one more — especially when it’s as as cleverly designed as ...

Does anybody know if it's possible to use a USB-RS232 adapter on an iPhone? I know there are ssh clients, and various other console 'terminal emulation' type applications. The question is, can I ...

I require the use of a serial port for work, but my laptop didn't come with one.I got an adapter from work, a Keyspan USA-19HS, but there are currently no drivers for it - none for any modern ...

Expanding the SeaLINK USB-to-serial product line, the SeaLINK+8/232.RJ and the SeaLINK+8.VC provide eight independent serial ports that appear as standard COM ports to the host computer, enabling ...

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The adapters support standard PC data rates up to 460 kbps (RS-232) and up to 2 Mbps (RS-422/485/530) to provide the necessary horsepower for serial I/O applications.