I'm not selling this stuff and I have never bought from this seller but it is stateside. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-PC-USB-TO-RS232-TTL-PL2303-CONVERTER-ADAPTER-MODULE-5V-3-3V-OUTPUT-/251123945677?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a782750cd
I did a Ebay search on: "USB TTL", then clicked buy it now, then sorted by distance closest. About $8.00 with free shipping. And if you have been bad, like me, you can trade your lumps of coal (accumulated over the years) for it. ;-) Dave On 12/28/2012 8:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 28 December 2012 08:51:33 Kip Shaffer did opine: > > Great Kip, bookmarked FFR. Thanks. > > >> Gene, >> Not sure if you would be interested in the approach I'm using, but it >> may help you or others who are in a similar predicament. >> >> You can use shift registers to add as many additional lines as you want. >> For example, you can take 3 output lines on your parallel port, and >> turn them into 8, 16, 24 or more output lines. Shift registers come in >> two varieties: Serial-In Parallel-Out, which you would use to create >> more output lines, and Parallel-In Serial-Out which you can use to >> create more input lines. >> >> I wrote a HAL module to implement my setup, which uses 4 pins on the >> parallel port to create 16 output and 16 input lines. I use these lines >> for higher-latency signals, since it takes about 1 ms to shift all the >> bits in and out. >> >> There is a good article explaining it here: >> >> http://robots.freehostia.com/Software/ShiftRegister/ShiftRegisterBody.ht >> ml >> >> -Kip >> >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 5:15 AM, MC Cason<farmerboy1...@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: > >>> On 12/28/2012 03:10 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:34:37 -0500, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mainly the 3 weeks to a month it takes from mainland china for >>>>> delivery. But since I've decided to sacrifice the one pin I was >>>>> saving for a home pin, that is the path I'll take. >>>>> >>>> That seems a long time? I've had several packages from China most >>>> have taken 4 or 5 days, none longer than 10 days from Shanghai to >>>> my doorstep in UK. They are usually in the country within 48 hours, >>>> the delays are always here! >>>> >>>> Steve Blackmore >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> Here in the Southern part of the US, It regularly takes between 10 >>> >>> days, and 2 weeks for items to arrive from Shenzhen, or Hong Kong, >>> Longer, from Shanghai, or Guandong. The latest set of boards I had >>> made, were air flighted out of Hong Kong, on the 19th. According to >>> the tracking number, they haven't landed yet... >>> >>> -- >>> MC Cason - Assocaite Developer - Eagle3D >>> Created by: Matthias WeiŁer >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -------- Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API >>> and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - >>> 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and >>> experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and >> much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - >> 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and >> experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > Cheers, Gene > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
