We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As technology has advanced, the types of ports on computers have also changed for the better. However, that doesn't mean devices with ...

Both LUFA and V-USB add some USB functionality to just about every AVR micro, but if you’d like a native serial port, your only options are to look towards the USB-compatible Atmel micros.

Of course, another useful method is to just use a canned USB “serial port” and treat the whole thing like an old-fashioned serial port. But for some things you do want to take advantage of the ...

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete ...

The solution is to plug a USB to serial adapter into a USB port and set it to act as COM1. How to Start a Computer in DOS Mode in Windows XP. DOS is a command line interface that... How to Delete ...

Mice required a PS/2 connector or a serial port. The situation for the keyboard ... that pushed smartphone makers to adopt the Micro-USB connector. Simultaneously, the USB Power Delivery ...

USB stands for a Universal Serial Bus, and you may very well be ... This is the piece that plugs into the micro-USB port on your smartphone or tablet. Now, simply saying referring to a “micro ...

But USB-C is different—and perhaps it's even approaching the truly universal status its acronym (Universal Serial Bus ... While every USB-C port looks the same, not every one offers the same ...

Maybe you needed a PS/2 connector or a serial port ... maybe a parallel port or SCSI or Firewire cable. If you’ve never heard of those things, and if you have, thank USB. When it was first ...