Sending and receiving data over a given distance has grown from a passion in humans to a necessity. In 1810, a German man created a system for sending encoded messages via air bubbles. He crafted a ...

Before 2000, desktop printers for business had one of two interfaces: serial and parallel. The type of interface dictated the type of cable you used to connect the printer to the PC and how fast the ...

[Craig] cracked open a multimeter to unlock RS232 serial communications that can be used for data logging. There’s a couple of things that make this possible. First of all, the multimeter’s processor ...

What is RS-232? Why was RS-232 important? Take our poll and see what others think of RS-232. RS-232 (Recommended Standard 232) was introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data.

Wedge barcode scanners and serial barcode scanners both connect to a PC to scan barcodes into the system. They do not, however, work the same way and each has advantages and disadvantages. This ...

When did you last buy a mouse? Did it have a little adapter in the box? There was a time when if you bought a USB mouse, in the box was also an adapter to allow it to be used with the older PS/2 ...

Serial buses dot the landscape of embedded design. From displays to storage to peripherals, serial interfaces make communications possible. Many serial communication interfaces compete for use in ...