[Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports
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 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Obsolescence-of-serial-ports-tp7572401.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports
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 - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Obsolescence of serial ports
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. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
