In Part I of this article, I briefly mentioned the generic USB driver in the context of getting a USB device to communicate through it easily, with no custom kernel programming. Unfortunately, I ...

The USB standard is touted for its ability to connect devices of all types with uniform consistency, however it's not quite ...

MicroPython is a wonderful Python interpreter that runs on many higher-end microcontrollers, from ESP8266 to STM32 to the RP2040. MicroPython lets you build devices quickly, and its latest release, ...

San Jose, Calif. – Manufacturers of IEEE-1394 and Universal Serial Bus chips for computer and consumer electronics device connectivity are jockeying for position in their respective markets as updated ...

The Raspberry Pi Zero is limited, or so everyone says, and everyone is trying to cram a USB hub and WiFi adapter on this tiny, tiny board. One thing a lot of people haven’t realized is that the ...

USB 3.0 was a major breakthrough in the data transfer market. Marked by blue-colored USB ports, the USB 3.0 provided users with speeds up to 10 times of USB 2.0 (5 GBPS) thanks to which large media ...

There's nothing more frustrating than your computer suddenly saying it can't recognize the USB device connected to the port. This is especially true when you're urgently trying to transfer a file to a ...

Exar’s XR21B142x family of USB to serial bridge devices provide a straightforward interface with RS-232 or RS-485 serial networks through USB using a minimum of components and PCB space. The XR21B1420 ...

SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwired - June 23, 2016) - Silex Technology America, Inc., a global leader in wired and wireless networking solutions, today introduced its newest USB and Serial device servers, ...

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 ...