The USB to serial adapter has a USB-A port on one end and a serial port on the other. The serial port is most commonly RS232, which is a standard that dates back to the 1960s.

Cheap serial-to-USB adapters are invaluable for snooping debug ports or programming chips, ... [Dave Yost] formalized an interconnection scheme using RJ45 plugs and jacks while at Berkeley.

Also, if I understand USB serial correctly, each serial port needs two endpoints, so you’d be limited to 3 ports on the AT30UC3A0128; larger parts might have more endpoints (I didn’t check ...

Joining Sealevel Systems’ SeaLink USB-to-serial product line are two desktop adapters: the SeaLink+4.SC and SeaLink+8.SC, offering four and eight serial ports, respectively. Each port is ...

Two new members join Sealevel Systems' SeaLink USB-to-serial product line, each offering eight independent serial ports for connecting RS-232 and RS-485 peripherals, such as bar-code scanners, ...

I am looking at getting a new laptop. I would like to get one with both a firewire and 9pin serial port. I use a laptop to talk to a variety of smart equipment through RS-232 and would like to ...

I have a bunch of serial devices that I need to communicate with. Some of them are connected to native serial ports, and some have USB->RS232 adapters. I am communicating to them via the serial ...