In my last column [see LJ December 2002], we covered the serial layer in the 2.5 (hopefully soon to be 2.6) kernel tree. We mentioned in passing that a USB-to-serial driver layer in the kernel helps ...

Hardware hackers building interactive gadgets based on the Arduino microcontrollers are finding that a recent driver update that Microsoft deployed over Windows Update has bricked some of their ...

After connecting a device with a serial port with the computer via the Prolific PL2303 cable, some users have received the following error message: Please install the ...

MicroPython is a wonderful Python interpreter that runs on many higher-end microcontrollers, from ESP8266 to STM32 to the RP2040. MicroPython lets you build devices quickly, and its latest release, ...

I require the use of a serial port for work, but my laptop didn't come with one.<BR><BR>I got an adapter from work, a Keyspan USA-19HS, but there are currently no drivers for it - none for any modern ...

[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 ...

The operation and description of the UART serial interface through USB is discussed in this application note. In addition, the firmware application code in C language, containing communication ...

In Part I of this article, I briefly mentioned the generic USB driver in the context of getting a USB device to communicate through it easily, with no custom kernel programming. Unfortunately, I ...