To communicate with a device connected via universal serial bus (USB), a computer needs the driver, not just for the device itself, but also for the USB controller. Microsoft Windows uses USB ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last two weeks I published an article reference the USB to serial converter see Project Usb to serial converter http://edn.com/project/mark_harrington/usb-to ...

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 ...

We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter. Probably several of them, in fact. But that doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one more — especially when it’s as as cleverly designed as this one from ...

[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 ...