A socket that connects to a serial interface (one bit following another over one line). Serial ports are widely used by sensors for data acquisition, and they were standard on early computers for ...

Plugged directly into a 9-pin serial port, Omega Engineering's IC11 RS-232-to-RS-422/485 converter operates in half-duplex or full-duplex mode over transmission distances of up to 1220 m (4000 ft).

Never mind the iPad’s lack of USB and SDcard slots, how about a serial port? Our younger readers are now probably going like, “a serial what?”, but those of you that have been around for a while sure ...

Every so often, an engineer posts a question to the LabView or Vee e-mail user groups asking how to get keyboard entry data into a test application. Instrumentation software packages don't easily ...

If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...

I have always wondered this. Anyone know? I know I utilize the serial port on my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop to program robots. I am a freshman Computer Engineering Student, and many of the electronic ...