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?