I'm a bit out of my league on this one. I need to take realtime data from a serial source and display it in a "retail display" type of fashion. My PLC sends data out via RS232 (I also have RF485 \ ...

The need arose for a programmable control system that handles 8-bit data to have both RS-232 and RS-485 modes. This requirement was satisfied with a serial communication controller-transceiver, an ...

Even though there are faster and easier ways to connect data devices, many older protocols, particularly RS-232, live on. I have always relied on two things when dealing with RS-232: my LED data ...

Before 2000, desktop printers for business had one of two interfaces: serial and parallel. The type of interface dictated the type of cable you used to connect the printer to the PC and how fast the ...

I program microcontrollers which require a terminal connection through RS-232. I currently use HyperTerm under Windows. I'm aware of USB to RS-232 serial adapters, but I was wondering which terminal ...

San Diego, Calif. – The new PCIe-COM family from ACCES I/O Products, Inc., features both DB9 and RJ45 connectivity and offers a selection of two, four, or eight ports of software-selectable RS-232, RS ...

I know, RS-232 is not gone completely but in most things it has disappeared. Recently I bought a new laptop to use in my ham shack. I have several older accessories that use RS-232 and I had hoped to ...

[ashish] sent in this one via the tips line. (Ed Note: link rot. Try this one.) It’s a project to create a laser based RS-232 link. It’s based on cheap laser pointers, a MAX232 and a photo-resistor to ...

The AP1300 thermal-printer range offers options of RS 232, IrDA, and Bluetooth interfaces. Its typical applications include mobile ticketing and recording, PDA printing, utility billing, in-vehicle ...

Wedge barcode scanners and serial barcode scanners both connect to a PC to scan barcodes into the system. They do not, however, work the same way and each has advantages and disadvantages. This ...