The USB to serial adapter has a USB-A port on one end and a serial port on the other. The serial port is most commonly RS232, which is a standard that dates back to the 1960s.

While they’re cheap and convenient, USB to serial adapters aren’t always the easiest thing to use: there’s always the issue of what COM port Windows is calling your USB to serial adapter, or ...

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Plug the USB-to-serial adapter into an open USB port on your computer. Insert your adapter's driver CD when you see a "Found New Hardware Wizard" window appear on your screen.

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I use USB serial adapters all the time.<BR><BR>I have found that expensive models that try to do fancy things are actually worse. Even with the drivers in Windows.. they just are more complex and ...

Before USB ports became standard on PCs, several devices connected through a serial port. They're obsolete in many ways, but they still see some use.

The USB to serial adapter has a USB-A port on one end and a serial port on the other. The serial port is most commonly RS232, which is a standard that dates back to the 1960s.