Have a look at http://www.ftdichip.com/ . They have a USB serial port. I've got the eval board, but haven't had a chance to do much with it yet. Harold On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:55:25 -0600 Lawrence Lile writes: > > > Is there someplace I could read up on USB & how to convert to > RS232? > > > Is it a lot of drama? > > > I would say the drama level would be pretty high. There are some > commercial > converters out there, if you are not strapped for cash try to find > one. I > know just enough about USB to know it is rather involved, unlike > RS232 which > seems pretty hackable. You'd start with different data rates and > format, > which would require some conversion and storage, since you would be > on the > "head" end of the USB you'd need a USB compatible power supply, also > a > nontrivial item. USB involves some overhead for negotiating with > your > plugin USB device over speeds, color of dress, and what to wear > tomorrow, > how much perfume to put on, and so on, which your head end would > also have > to take care of. ;-) > > Jan Axelson wrote the book on usb: USB COMPLETE. To give you an > idea what > you are getting into, the book is two inches thick. > > Now maybe there are some chipsets that reduce this problem to > manageable > level of effort? I'd wager most of them are meant to reside inside a > PC and > talk to it with bigtime overhead. > > --Lawrence > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out > subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.