subject:"\[Elecraft\] \[OT\] Obsolescence of serial ports"

[Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports

2013-04-09 Thread Mike K8CN

Those who've dealt with issues in USB to serial port conversion will appreciate Bill Wong's commentary in Electronic Design: http://electronicdesign.com/blog/s-obsolete-not 73, Mike, K8CN -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports

2013-04-09 Thread Fred Jensen

On 4/9/2013 2:59 PM, Mike K8CN wrote: Those who've dealt with issues in USB to serial port conversion will appreciate Bill Wong's commentary in Electronic Design: http://electronicdesign.com/blog/s-obsolete-not Sigh. I've got a Liberty Basic app that talks via RS-232 to a Microchip

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports

2013-04-09 Thread Don Wilhelm

Fred, That statement should read not all USB to serial *adapters* are created equal - particularly those intended for consumer (PC) use. Commercial ones usually do not use the term adapters, but will tend to use converters instead. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/9/2013 7:56 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: