>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 06:29:56PM +0000, ashly Dearden wrote:
> > Nice new laptop with NO 9 pin D serial connection, just USB.
> Anyone have an
> > idea how I can talk to the PicStart now????
>
> Well the obvious answer is to get a USB/serial converter.
>
> Another interesting idea is to build an interface using a 16C745 PIC with
> a builtin USB interface. Since it has both a USB and a builtin USART, a
> translator between the two should be a fairly easy task.

Unless you have a desire to learn about and use USB it's probably a lot
easier to just buy a USB-RS232 converter. The overhead of learning USB is a
lot.

Plus you'd have to write a mini-driver to hook between the RS232
communications of your programming software and the USB port on the laptop.
(It sounds like you want to use your shiny new laptop to program PIC's)

That said, USB is pretty fun. Leave the power on and... plug... unplug...
plug... unplug...

-Traveler

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