In my last column [see LJ December 2002], we covered the serial layer in the 2.5 (hopefully soon to be 2.6) kernel tree. We mentioned in passing that a USB-to-serial driver layer in the kernel helps ...

After connecting a device with a serial port with the computer via the Prolific PL2303 cable, some users have received the following error message: Please install the ...

We still have lots of things that have serial interfaces on them, switches, mangement modules, etc. But we're all out of things that have serial ports. Even the servers who's management modules have a ...

This file describes all of the currently plugged in USB serial devices. usbserinfo:1.0 driver:v1.4 0: module:keyspan name:"Keyspan 1 port adapter" vendor:06cd product:0119 num_ports:1 port:1 ...

Over the last two weeks I published an article reference the USB to serial converter see Project Usb to serial converter http://edn.com/project/mark_harrington/usb-to ...

The primary method here is to visit the FTDI website and search & download the drivers you’re looking for. Here’s how that can be done: Open your web browser and visit the FTDI driver download center ...

We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter. Probably several of them, in fact. But that doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one more — especially when it’s as as cleverly designed as this one from ...

Every operating system places requirements on device drivers. Here's a quick tour of the Windows CE rulebook. Microsoft Windows CE is a modular and scalable operating system that supports a variety of ...

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is one of the most commonly required interfaces in a chip design, but validation of a USB host implementation can be a tedious task. The most efficient way to validate ...

The distro in question is Proxmox though that likely isn’t a factor. It’s straightforward to start the systemd unit that fires up console on /dev/ttyUSB0 and connect to it, log in, etc…. But I don’t ...