We are now going to examine how to access your computer's serial ports. In order to do this, we need some sort of serial device to talk to. A serial port loopback plug is probably the simplest. These ...

Without some good means of input and output, a computer makes a pretty good doorstop or boat anchor. Once we start plugging things into a computer, however, it can receive data and instructions, ...

The simulation of a serial port in software in order to allow USB, Ethernet or some other input/output port to take its place. Virtual serial ports are necessary to enable an application that was ...

What is a serial port? Serial ports are generally built into the motherboard. This is why the connectors behind the casing that are connected to the motherboard by a wire cable can be used to connect ...

I had a thread over in the Programmer's Symposium, but I think the line of questioning has turned more into a kernel issue.<br><br>I have been tasked with getting response time for writing a single ...

While the average computer user likely hasn’t given much thought to the lowly serial port in decades, the same can’t be said for the hardware hacker. Cheap serial-to-USB adapters are invaluable for ...

The SeaLINK+8/232 RJ and the SeaLINK+8 VC USB-to-serial adapters offer eight independent serial ports, each of which appear as standard COM ports to the host computer. The devices connect RS-232 and ...