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 serial adapters ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As technology has advanced, the types of ports on computers have also changed for the better. However, that doesn't mean devices with older ...

[Felipe Navarro] wanted to add a few serial ports to his computer, but couldn’t find an adapter that suited his needs. So, he built his own. His Quad Serial device is a nicely designed converter that ...

i've got a belkin adapter, works fine on the ciscos i've used, as well as my soekris and my OBD2 scanner for my car. just shows up as a "USB COM port" in XP, gets a standard COM # and all terminal ...

Some software and specialty hardware requires you to use a traditional serial port. Serial ports have been around for decades and work by transferring one bit of data at a time at a relatively slow ...

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 ...

Keyspan today announced that it’s shipping Mac OS X drivers for its USB serial adapter line. The drivers support Keyspan’s Twin Serial Adapters, its PDA adapter and its High-Speed USB adapter for ...

There’s one main reason why you’d want to grant your desktop PC access to the wireless world, and it’s a biggie: You’re sick of stringing ugly Ethernet cables around your house. But you also might not ...