Chandler, Ariz. &#151 The newest members of Microchip Technology Inc.’s PIC18F high-end 8-bit microcontroller family are the PIC18F8622/8527/6622/6527 series. They offer an extra serial port for ...

Through all the generations of computing devices from the era of the teleprinter to the present day, there’s one interface that’s remained universal. Even though its usefulness as an everyday port has ...

This blog presents the death of serial ports for RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 communications. It also describes briefly how the “RS” prefix was replaced by the TIA prefix as it is now being maintained by ...

While the average computer user likely hasn’t given much thought to the lowly serial port in decades, the same can’t be said for the hardware hacker. Cheap serial-to-USB adapters are invaluable for ...

A bootloader makes it possible to update a product’s firmware in the field. Common communication interfaces like UART, I 2 C, SPI or USB can be used to update the firmware, which typically involves a ...