On Sep 5, 2011 9:40 AM, "Henry Paul" <he...@paulfam.com> wrote: > > I had the SAME experience a couple months ago trying to locate a USB > serial port for a new legacy-free PC that was dependent upon a serial > device that has no USB equivalent. When I finally COULD find someone > that didn't require a diagram to even comprehend what I was talking > about I was told, "oh those haven't been made for at least 10 years now." > > I do a search at newegg.com and found several hits with different price > ranges for exactly what I needed. Another supplier I really enjoy is > mwave.com. They run decent deals, have competitive prices, and their > standard ground shipping usually gets to Orem in 2 days. > > So lately my strategy has been to stock a spare or two of critical parts > so I have at least a 48-hour window in emergencies. > > --Henry
A far more geekier solution would be to use an arduino board and a ttl 2 rs232 chip and make your own serial converter using a couple of gpio pins. Of course you'll have to write some kind of kernel driver for Linux to interface with the thing. :) but think about how much fun it all would be. On a serious note, serial communications will likely never go away especially in embedded environments. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
