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 ...

Two new members join Sealevel Systems' SeaLink USB-to-serial product line, each offering eight independent serial ports for connecting RS-232 and RS-485 peripherals, such as bar-code scanners, ...

I have a number serial of devices I need to connect to a relatively modern computer with only 1 standard serial port. The obvious solution is to grab a couple of USB->serial adapters, which I did, ...

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 ...

[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 ...

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 (with ...

When it comes to server consoles, users have two major options, graphical or text. I personally prefer a serial console to a graphical one, and this preference isn't all rooted in snobbery. Serial ...

Expanding the SeaLINK USB-to-serial product line, the SeaLINK+8/232.RJ and the SeaLINK+8.VC provide eight independent serial ports that appear as standard COM ports to the host computer, enabling ...