Matthew Brush wrote :

> > Get a USB serial port adapter and talk to your
> > project via RS232.  Radio
> > Shark sells them for $15 with cables and the works.
>
> $15 is a lot more than free.  I'm aware that you can
> BUY all kinds of different things, but the point is to
> modify something to work for free.

What does your time cost ?

> Not to mention the fact that I'm learning to HATE
> RS232 and will probably stop using it altogether
> very soon.

IMHO, RS232 is mabe the most easy to use interface
around. Any specific trouble with it ?

One thing that definitly speaks in favour of RS232, is
that the interface (USART) is built in in many different
PICs, USB is, well, not...

> Also, as I said in a previous post, it would be nice
> to not have to load any drivers for the device to
> work, just install the program and it works.

And what is the difference ??
Installing a driver is, in most cases, just as any other
install of any other "program".
(The "load" of the driver is done automaticly by Windows
on the next boot, usualy...)

And Windows is full of drivers already, so one more
would probably not do much harm.

I'm not 100% sure how this related to the original
subject, but anyway... :-) :-)

Best Regards,
Jan-Erik.

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