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 in ...

Developed in the 1990s, Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology made it easier to connect computers with peripherals or external devices. It has since become the industry standard and is now used in ...

This is an introduction to the Virtual Serial Port Driver by Eltima Software. They have offered an opportunity to the ElectroSchematics team to put the software through its paces. T.K. Hareendran will ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

The humble serial interface has been around for a very long time, and will stay with us in one form or other for the foreseeable future. It was easy enough to keep track of back in the days when a ...

A PLC or programmable logic controller is a type of computer often employed to monitor and control industrial manufacturing operations. The device, which you may see referred to as a programmable ...