To say that the RTL-SDR project was revolutionary might be something of an understatement. Taking a cheap little USB gadget and using it as a Software Defined Radio (SDR) to explore the radio spectrum ...

In my line of work I use serial on a near daily basis. Currently, I have 3 different USB>Serial cables; an IO Gear GUC232A, a Cables to Go (Prolific PL2302 chipset) and a older Radio Shack cable (with ...

We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter. Probably several of them, in fact. But that doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one more — especially when it’s as as cleverly designed as this one from ...

I have a Palm, and I use it with a laptop that has no serial port. Now, I use the IR port to sync the data, but it is giving me all sorts of headaches lately.<br>The craddle I have only has a serial ...

After connecting a device with a serial port with the computer via the Prolific PL2303 cable, some users have received the following error message: Please install the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apple might have been the last major company to switch to USB-C on its smartphones, but it also was one of the first laptop manufacturers to ...

Commentary: Getting one Apple adapter is likely not worth it, even if you have a longstanding collection of old Lightning cables. Eli covered the latest in the ever-changing worlds of telecom, ...