[OT] Obsolescence of serial ports

[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

[k6dgw]

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
controller to run the [currently] 33 irrigation valves for my wife, "The
Kamikaze Gardener."  All is well with a "real" serial port from this
desktop.  All is not well with at least two USB-Serial adapters from
here or either of our laptops.  I also tried the one from Elecraft
[Prolific] which works fine everywhere else.

Clearly, all serial ports are not created equal.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

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:
>
> Clearly, all serial ports are not created equal.
>

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