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.

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.

Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in the late 1990s, serial ports were a standard feature. Also known as a COM or RS-232 port, a serial port is a rectangular connector with small ...

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 ...

These pin numbers are labeled on every DB-9 serial connector so they’re easy to find. On most computers you have 2-3 COM ports and can get it right in 1-2 tries. Not as slick as this approach ...

The new USB connector is an "entirely new design tailored to work well with emerging product designs," the USB-IF said. The arrival of USB 3.0 has meant even more types of USB connectors ...

In my line of work I use serial on a near daily basis. Currently, I have 3 different USB>Serial cables; an IO Gear GUC232A, a Cables to Go (Prolific PL2302 chipset) and a older Radio Shack cable ...

USB stands for "Universal Serial Bus." It was named this because engineers felt it would replace other connectors on the market to become the one universal connector. Unfortunately, things didn't ...

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 ...

It was in 1998 that USB made some real headway, courtesy of the iMac G3, the first computer to ship with only USB ports for external devices (there were no serial or parallel ports).