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USB2SER Example?

jimbobandersonjimbobanderson Posts: 3
edited 2009-12-15 02:07 in General Discussion
I am trying to interface my PC to the outside world through the use of the USB2SER module and a BS2 - but the USB2SER documentaiton is very minimal and I can not find any program examples for the USB2SER product.

Is anyone one aware of any examples of projects using USB2SER?

Thanks,
jimbobanderson·

Comments

  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2009-12-14 21:01
    The USB2SER is an adapter that converts a USB port on your computer to TTL serial on the device connected to the other end. You need to install the latest FTDI drivers on your computer and then it shows up as a com port. There is no programming or example programs.

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  • jimbobandersonjimbobanderson Posts: 3
    edited 2009-12-14 23:49
    Thank you.· Its ashame that there are no examples.· If I can get mine to work I will share my code with others.
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2009-12-15 02:07
    jimbobanderson, the USB2SER module and all of the other USB to serial adapters simply allow you to send and receive serial data to/from an external device using the RS232 signalling conventions. If you connect a microprocessor that can receive/send serial data or a UART with a bit of extra hardware you can use the bits in that data for whatever you want. For the PC side of it you can use any language that can access a com port to send and receive data.
    Download and take a look at the ICL7135 data sheet for one possible application.
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