Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) has added two more cables to its USB to digital level serial interface product range. The devices which interface USB 2.0 with digital level UART cables ...

When we last left this discussion, I had just finished building an optical head for the serial port on my old Fluke 97 Scopemeter using a matched optoelectronic pair consisting of a 3mm IR LED and ...

Exar Corporation announced the introduction of its XR2280x family of USB to Ethernet Bridge ICs. Exar Corp. has introduced the XR2280x family of USB to Ethernet Bridge ICs. These devices offer an ...

I stood in stunned silence at the smoke billowing up from the hardware on the workbench. Just moments before, it had been operating as expected, before self-destructing with a sound that can only be ...

If you want to plug a USB cable into your next project, you’ve got a problem. USB is not UART, and UART is what every microcontroller serial port wants. To add USB to your microcontroller project, you ...

The 1-Wire protocol is usually found in temperature sensors, but you’ll also find it in chips ranging from load sensors, a battery sensor and LED driver that is oddly yet officially called a ‘gas ...