USB-to-Serial Adapters

Discussions center on using USB-to-serial adapters, implementing serial communication over USB protocols like CDC, and alternatives such as WebUSB for hardware interfacing and debugging.

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zozbot234 Aug 10, 2022 View on HN

USB-to-serial adapters are widely available, AIUI.

fragmede Sep 9, 2019 View on HN

USB jiggler is designed for this use case.

Knee_Pain Aug 20, 2023 View on HN

Would it be possible to implement this via USB connection?

morpheos137 May 20, 2022 View on HN

shouldn't this be trivially simple with an rs232 to usb adapter?

franciscop Nov 18, 2023 View on HN

Any alternative that has a simple USB connector?

anthk Apr 19, 2021 View on HN

Ebay and a serial USB adapter are you friends :).

boznz Sep 24, 2021 View on HN

DOS + USB.. I'd rather stick with serial

candiodari Feb 27, 2023 View on HN

You can actually use WebUSB for it these days ...

9HZZRfNlpR Dec 15, 2019 View on HN

What is the driver / chip to send the data over USB?

pantalaimon Oct 5, 2022 View on HN

Is connecting via USB not an option?