A test engineer from Japan spoke of the main reason engineers still use the serial port: “I will keep using it as long as my instrumentation keeps working and instruments with the serial port are on ...

This simple WiFi serial port monitor would have saved us a lot of trouble. We can’t count how many times where being hooked into an Arduino with USB just to get the serial out has nearly been… ...

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JTAG with boundary scan is another serial port. At some point, you’ll need to test that interface. Before testing, though, you should consider these five key factors: 1. Get a copy of the standards.

A couple of questions...How do I check the status of my serial port (com 1)?How do I set it for 9600,8,n,1?

Before USB ports became standard on PCs, several devices connected through a serial port. They're obsolete in many ways, but they still see some use.

The circuit shown in Figure 1 provides a simple, low-power means of digitizing analog signals and sending the data directly to a PC's serial port where it can easily be read, ...

An image from H.D. Moore's presentation on serial server security vulnerabilities, showing an oil and gas infrastructure setup networked with serial port connections. (Click to enlarge.) You ...