But as it turns out, bit-by-bit, this humble communications port has become essential.
What Is a Serial Port?
Hence the name “serial port.”
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At that speed, it would take you almost a day to transfer 1GB of data!
That’s under ideal circumstances, and things can be much, much slower than that.
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For motherboards with a compatible serial COM header, this is a cheap and easy way to add a serial port to your desktop PC
We’re talking about simple binary control signals or plain text characters.
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However, that doesn’t mean the motherboard doesn’t have a serial interface!
Cheap, effective, compatible, and it needs no drivers or configuration in Windows. What more could you want?
It should be less than ten bucks!
Just as the name implies, this converts USB signals to RS 232C serial port signals.
Cheap, effective, compatible, and it needs no drivers or configuration in Windows.
What more could you want?
